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August 05, 2025
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''Cleveland, OH – United States Marshal Pete Elliott announces new information in the cold case fugitive investigation into Lester Eubanks. Since 2016 the United States Marshals Service (USMS) in the Northern District of Ohio has been on the hunt for Eubanks.
On November 14, 1965, 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener was walking to the laundromat to help her family with laundry when she was brutally murdered by Lester Eubanks. At that time, Eubanks was out on bond for an attempted rape which had occurred only three months prior. Eubanks was convicted of Mary Ellen Deener’s murder but escaped from jail in 1973 and has been on the run since.
Over the past several months, the USMS Cold Case Unit has worked closely with the Mansfield Police Department and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office in an attempt to extract DNA from the clothing worn by Eubanks on the night of the murder. Through meticulous work by the Medical Examiner’s Office under the direction of Dr. Nasir Butt, Eubanks’ DNA was able to be extracted and has been entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). CODIS is a computer software program that operates local, state, and national databases of DNA profiles from convicted offenders, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons.
With this newly obtained evidence, the USMS Cold Case Unit is again seeking any information the public may have regarding Eubank''
New DNA Evidence Discovered in 60-Year Old Cold Case Murder of Young Girl | U.S. Marshals Service
Cleveland, OH – United States Marshal Pete Elliott announces new information in the cold case fugitive investigation into Lester Eubanks. Since 2016 the United
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On November 14, 1965, 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener was walking to the laundromat to help her family with laundry when she was brutally murdered by Lester Eubanks. At that time, Eubanks was out on bond for an attempted rape which had occurred only three months prior. Eubanks was convicted of Mary Ellen Deener’s murder but escaped from jail in 1973 and has been on the run since.
Over the past several months, the USMS Cold Case Unit has worked closely with the Mansfield Police Department and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office in an attempt to extract DNA from the clothing worn by Eubanks on the night of the murder. Through meticulous work by the Medical Examiner’s Office under the direction of Dr. Nasir Butt, Eubanks’ DNA was able to be extracted and has been entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). CODIS is a computer software program that operates local, state, and national databases of DNA profiles from convicted offenders, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons.
With this newly obtained evidence, the USMS Cold Case Unit is again seeking any information the public may have regarding Eubank''
