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announced that DNA evidence linked the three murders and they were officially dealing with a serial killer. DNA also linked him to at least four cases in several states where female motel clerks working along the I-65 were sexually assaulted and robbed. The attacks, occurring between
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Greenwell sexually assaulted, stabbed, and robbed her. She was able to describe her attacker and a composite drawing of the suspected was produced. DNA evidence linked the attack to the 1989 murders.
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Dorothy Greenwell. On January 17, 1963, Greenwell was arrested for an armed robbery in Louisville, and was sentenced on April 12, 1963, to two years in the reformatory along with five years of probation. On February 23, 1965, Greenwell was arrested in
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Greenwell was identified as the killer through a DNA match with his close family member. Testing done by the
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Days Inn. Her body was found near the roadway, in the early morning by a passing motorist. $ 247 was taken from the motel. Greenwell shot both women with the same .22 caliber handgun.
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747:"I-65 Killer revealed: Police link Harry Edward Greenwell to serial killings"
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216:Harry Edward Greenwell was born in
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915:People from Allamakee County, Iowa
611:Tomlinson, Amber L. (2010-04-05).
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576:Webb, Jon (2022-03-31).
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19:Not to be confused with
875:American serial killers
850:American male criminals
254:Elizabethtown, Kentucky
716:American Crime Journal
331:Allamakee County, Iowa
174:Harry Edward Greenwell
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617:Rensselaer Republican
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182:The Days Inn Killer
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