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An Illinois college student is found stabbed and strangled to death in a gulley in SW Indiana
In the spring of 1976, the life of 18-year-old Bennett Brown was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that has endured for decades. A Caucasian male and a freshman at Northern Illinois University, Brown had just completed his first year of college. He was last seen in the Chicago area on May 4, 1976, after telling friends and family he was heading to a summer job at a boys' camp in Wisconsin. However, no camp in Wisconsin had any record of his employment.

On May 27, 1976, a grim discov ...Read More
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Victim Details

Bennett Brown

August 5, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Bedford

IN

1976-05-27

1976-05-04

1976-05-04

18

Bennett

Brown

01/14/2026


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