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Vidar Lillelid

Case from Greeneville, TN dated Apr 06, 1997

Victim Details

Vidar Lillelid

Male

White / Caucasian

Greeneville

TN

1997-04-06

34

Vidar

Lillelid

07/18/2026

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On a quiet Sunday evening, April 6, 1997, the lives of the Lillelid family were irrevocably shattered in a horrific act of violence in Greene County, Tennessee. Vidar Lillelid, a 34-year-old male, his wife Delfina, 28, their 6-year-old daughter Tabitha, and 2-year-old son Peter were returning home to Powell, Tennessee, from a Jehovah's Witnesses conference. The family made a stop at a rest area along Interstate 81, a seemingly insignificant decision that placed them in the path of a group of six ...
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  • Knoxville News Sentinel: Lillelid killer Karen Howell still fighting for freedom
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    I recently came across a detail about the Lillelid case that I hadn't thought much about before—th... ...Read More
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