Mary Ann Higginbotham

Murdered

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Case Description
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A young woman is found in a 55 gallon drum in White Lick Creek
Mary Ann Higginbotham, a 22-year-old from Mooresville, Indiana, went missing on June 6, 1978. Nearly a year later, on June 5, 1979, her body was discovered in a sealed 55-gallon steel drum in White Lick Creek near Mooresville. The drum had washed from a nearby gravel pit into the creek. She had been shot execution-style in the back of the head, and her body showed signs of significant decomposition, indicating she had been killed around the time she went missing.

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    Victim Details

    Mary Ann Higginbotham

    August 6, 2022

    Female

    Caucasian / White

    Mooresville

    IN

    1979-06-05

    1978-06-06

    22

    Mary Ann

    Higginbotham

    No

    10/17/2024


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    11/03/2023
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    09/25/2023
    I'm wondering if anyone has any theories on the murder of Mary Ann. It's such a tragic and senseless... ...Read More
    05/16/2023