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Amy E Alden

Case from Skokie, IL dated Sep 01, 1972

Victim Details

Amy Alden

Female

White / Caucasian

Skokie

IL

1972-09-01

15

Amy

E Alden

07/11/2026

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Amy E. Alden, a 15-year-old Caucasian girl from the north suburbs of Chicago, died in September 1972, after having been missing for weeks; memorial and genealogy records list her birth as November 13, 1956, with death occurring that month in Skokie, Illinois.

In the weeks that followed her disappearance, her remains were discovered in heavy brush near the edge of Memorial Park Cemetery by Old Orchard Road in Skokie, a liminal strip where the manicured grounds gave way to thickets and gr ...
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  • Chicago Tribune: COP TESTIFIES THAT KILLER TOLD OF ROLES IN 2 MURDERS
  • Amy Alden (Deceased), Evanston, IL Illinois - ETHS
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