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Vicki McCarty

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Sep 25, 1987

Victim Details

Vicki McCarty

April 16, 2023

Female

White / Caucasian

Indianapolis

IN

1987-09-25

1966-05-15

21

Vicki

McCarty

Victim

Brown

07/09/2026


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A beloved mother and daughter are brutally murdered in their Indianapolis home
In the autumn of 1987, a brutal act of violence shattered the quiet lives of a mother and daughter in Indianapolis, leaving a case that would remain a chilling mystery for decades. Twenty-one-year-old Vicki McCarty, a Caucasian female, and her mother, Mary, were found bludgeoned to death in their home on Radford Drive on September 25, 1987. The discovery was made by a concerned family member who, after being unable to reach them by phone, went to the house and saw a gruesome scene through a wind ...
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  • Indiana Unsolved: Mary and Vicki McCarty were slain in 1987
  • Vicki And Mary McCarty: The Unsolved Indianapolis Murders - Medium
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    I’ve been following Vicki McCarty's case for a while, and one detail that I find particularly haun... ...Read More
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