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==Case==
 
==Case==
'''Details:''' Interstate 70 runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Cove Fort, Utah. Beginning in April 1992, the highway has lent its name to a serial killer known as the "Interstate 70 Killer," who has committed a string of murders within a few miles of it in several Midwestern states. The victims include Robin Fuldauer, 26, who was killed April 8, 1992 at a Payless ShoeSource store in Indianapolis, Indiana. Three days later, Patricia Magers, 32, and Patricia Smith, 23, were slain in a Wichita, Kansas bridal shop. On May 3, 1992, Nancy Kitzmiller, 25, was murdered at a Western boot shop in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis. Missouri. Sarah Blessing 37, was slain in a video store in the Kansas City suburb of Raytown four days later. On April 27, 1992, Michael 'Mick' McCown, a male ceramics store clerk was murdered in Terre Haute, IN possibly because he was mistaken for a woman. There are also possible links to four more deaths along Interstates 35 and 45 in Texas. On Sept. 25, 1993, Mary Ann Glasscock, 51, a clerk was killed execution-style in a Fort Worth, Texas antiques store and Amy Vess, 22, was murdered Nov. 1, 1993, while working at a dancewear shop in Arlington, Texas. Investigative reporter Michael Berens of the Columbus Dispath in Ohio thinks a few more victims should be added: Shirley Dean Taylor, a known prostitute, who was murdered in 1986 and Anne Marie Patterson, a waitress at a truckstop who was murdered February 8, 1987, in Austintown, Ohio near Cleveland.<br />
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'''Details:''' Interstate 70 runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Cove Fort, Utah. Beginning in April 1992, the highway has lent its name to a serial killer known as the "Interstate 70 Killer," who has committed a string of murders within a few miles of it in several Midwestern states. The victims include Robin Fuldauer, 26, who was killed April 8, 1992 at a Payless ShoeSource store in Indianapolis, Indiana. Three days later, Patricia Magers, 32, and Patricia Smith, 23, were slain in a Wichita, Kansas bridal shop. On May 3, 1992, Nancy Kitzmiller, 25, was murdered at a Western boot shop in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis. Missouri. Sarah Blessing 37, was slain in a video store in the Kansas City suburb of Raytown four days later. On April 27, 1992, ceramics store clerk Michael 'Mick' McCown was murdered in Terre Haute, IN possibly because he was mistaken for a woman. There are also possible links to four more deaths along Interstates 35 and 45 in Texas. On Sept. 25, 1993, antiques store clerk Mary Ann Glasscock, 51, was killed execution-style in Fort Worth, Texas and Amy Vess, 22, was murdered Nov. 1, 1993, while working at a dancewear shop in Arlington, Texas. Investigative reporter Michael Berens of the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio thinks a few more victims should be added: Shirley Dean Taylor, a known prostitute, who was murdered in 1986 and Anne Marie Patterson, a waitress at a truckstop who was murdered February 8, 1987, in Austintown, Ohio near Cleveland.<br />
Witnesses describe the killer as a thin white man, 5' 7" to 5' 9" with sandy blond hair with a reddish tint and day-old beard stubble and in his mid-20s to early 30s. Herb Baumeister from Westfield, Indiana, was widely suspected as being the killer, but he committed suicide after numerous human bones were discovered on his estate. The bones turned out to be male; Baumeister was guilty of killing male homosexuals and could not be linked to the murders of the women. Donald Michael Prince, later Donald Albin Blom, convicted in the murder of Kathlyn "Katie" Elizabeth Poirier and a second unknown victim since has also been named as a candidate for the I-70 killings. He was known to be suffering from throat cancer, which is now in remission, and to have owned a .22 semi automatic similar to what killed Patricia Magers and Patricia Smith.<br />
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Witnesses describe the killer as a thin white man, 5' 7" to 5' 9," mid-20s to early 30s, with sandy blond hair with a reddish tint and day-old beard stubble. Herb Baumeister from Westfield, Indiana, was suspected of being the killer, but he committed suicide after numerous human bones were discovered on his estate. The bones turned out to be male; Baumeister was alleged to have killed male homosexuals and could not be linked to the murders of the women. Donald Michael Prince, later Donald Albin Blom, convicted in the murder of Kathlyn "Katie" Elizabeth Poirier and a second unknown victim since has also been named as a suspect in the I-70 killings. He was known to be suffering from throat cancer, which is now in remission, and to have owned a .22 semi automatic similar to that which killed Patricia Magers and Patricia Smith.<br />
 
'''Extra Notes:''' The original airdate for this case is unrevealed; the case has also been profiled on [[America's Most Wanted]] and [[The Investigators]].<br />
 
'''Extra Notes:''' The original airdate for this case is unrevealed; the case has also been profiled on [[America's Most Wanted]] and [[The Investigators]].<br />
 
'''Results:''' Unsolved<br />
 
'''Results:''' Unsolved<br />

Revision as of 00:40, 22 June 2010

Real Name: Unrevealed
Aliases: No Known Aliases
Wanted For: Murder
Missing Since: 1992


Case

Details: Interstate 70 runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Cove Fort, Utah. Beginning in April 1992, the highway has lent its name to a serial killer known as the "Interstate 70 Killer," who has committed a string of murders within a few miles of it in several Midwestern states. The victims include Robin Fuldauer, 26, who was killed April 8, 1992 at a Payless ShoeSource store in Indianapolis, Indiana. Three days later, Patricia Magers, 32, and Patricia Smith, 23, were slain in a Wichita, Kansas bridal shop. On May 3, 1992, Nancy Kitzmiller, 25, was murdered at a Western boot shop in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis. Missouri. Sarah Blessing 37, was slain in a video store in the Kansas City suburb of Raytown four days later. On April 27, 1992, ceramics store clerk Michael 'Mick' McCown was murdered in Terre Haute, IN possibly because he was mistaken for a woman. There are also possible links to four more deaths along Interstates 35 and 45 in Texas. On Sept. 25, 1993, antiques store clerk Mary Ann Glasscock, 51, was killed execution-style in Fort Worth, Texas and Amy Vess, 22, was murdered Nov. 1, 1993, while working at a dancewear shop in Arlington, Texas. Investigative reporter Michael Berens of the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio thinks a few more victims should be added: Shirley Dean Taylor, a known prostitute, who was murdered in 1986 and Anne Marie Patterson, a waitress at a truckstop who was murdered February 8, 1987, in Austintown, Ohio near Cleveland.
Witnesses describe the killer as a thin white man, 5' 7" to 5' 9," mid-20s to early 30s, with sandy blond hair with a reddish tint and day-old beard stubble. Herb Baumeister from Westfield, Indiana, was suspected of being the killer, but he committed suicide after numerous human bones were discovered on his estate. The bones turned out to be male; Baumeister was alleged to have killed male homosexuals and could not be linked to the murders of the women. Donald Michael Prince, later Donald Albin Blom, convicted in the murder of Kathlyn "Katie" Elizabeth Poirier and a second unknown victim since has also been named as a suspect in the I-70 killings. He was known to be suffering from throat cancer, which is now in remission, and to have owned a .22 semi automatic similar to that which killed Patricia Magers and Patricia Smith.
Extra Notes: The original airdate for this case is unrevealed; the case has also been profiled on America's Most Wanted and The Investigators.
Results: Unsolved
Links: This case has a page on the Unsolved Mysteries website.