TN TN- Helen Mills, 68, clogger & herbal health shop owner, found strangled, no known motive, Maryville, 31/8/02,

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Open homicide cases frustrating for law enforcement

Two area police officers share frustration of unsolved homicides.

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'Helen Mills, 68, of Maryville, died Aug. 31, 2002, at Herbal Health Concepts, her place of business situated less than 200 yards from the Maryville Police Department.'

Appalachian Unsolved: Maryville shopkeeper's death still a mystery

With a police department just one block away, someone killed a local shopkeeper and got away with it, so far.

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May 21, 2018
''Maryville — At 68-years old, Helen Mills showed no signs of old age.
“At 68, a clogger! She was part of a team,” described her daughter, Debbie Segar. “Feisty, she was very fit, very caring and very capable.”
Mills put that high energy into running a little herb shop devoted to health.''

'Through the years, the Maryville Police Department has retested evidence and even brought a homicide detective out of retirement to focus on the case.
If you know anything about this crime you can call the Maryville Police Department at 865-273-3831
They are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest'.
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Maryville Police seek leads on 20-year anniversary of cold case

On Aug. 31, 2002, Tony Crisp was cleaning out his old office in preparation for assuming his new position as Maryville Chief of Police when he got a call from

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I lived in Maryville TN at the time. I vaguely remember this case.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Police think Helen Mills knew her killer

Mills was strangled inside her vitamin shop on McGhee Street in Maryville in 2002. Police said the person who killed her is still walking free.

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"This is her old shop here, this is Herbal Health Concepts," said Debbie Segar, Mills' daughter, on a hot summer morning in Maryville. "And she was part of the community. People had questions. They came here, they needed a product they came here. She was very helpful."
When 10News first covered Mills' murder in the early 2000s, reporters spoke to people who knew her business and the area around it.
"She was a nice lady, very friendly, very nice, very attentive," one person told 10News.''

"We do believe she was strangled from behind," Crisp said. "So that would be indicative that, that person knew her as well. So, you know, strangulation is more of a personal type of crime. But again, we would be speculating beyond that."