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Case Description
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In the autumn of 1975, the city of Detroit was gripped by a series of brutal slayings that targeted women. The final victim in this string of unsolved crimes was a 43-year-old African-American woman named Dorothy Holmes. Her life was tragically cut short on October 19, 1975, when she fell prey to a predator the media would dub the 'Bigfoot Killer' or 'The Cass Ripper,' a shadowy figure who haunted the city's Cass Corridor.

The killer's reign of terror spanned from February to October of t ...Read More
Victim Details

Dorothy Holmes

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

1975-07-13

43

Dorothy

Holmes

12/27/2025