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Vickie Lynn Harrell 08/12/1972
Case Number 31-01359
Case Date: 08/12/1972
Age: 25
Sex: Female
Race: Caucasian
County: Owen
Location of Crime: Concord Road, Spencer, Indiana
Circumstances: On August 12, 1972, Vickie Lynn Harrell was last observed getting into her dark blue 1965 Plymouth Valiant 4 door at the K-Mart parking lot on the east side of Bloomington, Indiana. On August 13, 1972, Harrell's roommate reported her missing to Bloomington Police. On August 14, 1972, Harrell's vehicle was found in a parking lot near the College Mall in Bloomington, Indiana. On the same day, Harrell's body was discovered in Owen county on an access road to McCormick's Creek State Park, approximately 2.5 miles east of Spencer, Indiana. Harrell's body was nude and there was evidence that she had been strangled. A knife or sharp instrument had been used to carve two alpha characters on her chest, post mortem.