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A man his missing; his girlfriend is found in a 55 gal drum
Timothy Willoughby, age 25, went missing from Clayton, Indiana, on June 6, 1978, along with his girlfriend, Mary Ann Higginbotham. Nearly a year later, on June 5, 1979, the body of Mary Ann was discovered in a gruesome manner—stuffed inside a 55-gallon industrial drum that had been welded shut. The drum was found in White Lick Creek near Mooresville, Indiana, about twelve miles from her home. Mary Ann had been shot execution-style in the back of the head, wrapped in multiple layers of plastic ...Read More
Timothy Willoughby, age 25, went missing from Clayton, Indiana, on June 6, 1978, along with his girlfriend, Mary Ann Higginbotham. Nearly a year later, on June 5, 1979, the body of Mary Ann was discovered in a gruesome manner—stuffed inside a 55-gallon industrial drum that had been welded shut. The drum was found in White Lick Creek near Mooresville, Indiana, about twelve miles from her home. Mary Ann had been shot execution-style in the back of the head, wrapped in multiple layers of plastic ...Read More
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Timothy Willoughby
August 6, 2022
Male
Caucasian / White
Clayton
IN
1979-06-05
1978-06-06
25
Timothy
Willoughby
No
11/06/2025
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I was reading about the Timothy Willoughby and Mary Ann Higginbotham case again, and it just struck ... ...Read More
04/09/2024
04/09/2024
I’ve been digging into the mystery of Timothy Willoughby’s disappearance, and one thing that rea... ...Read More
02/23/2024
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