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Case Description

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Lillian Philippe, a 71-year-old woman, was found dead in her Gonzales, Louisiana, home on April 10, 1997. Her sister-in-law discovered her body. An investigation revealed that on April 9, 1997, a man named Daniel Joseph Blank had broken into her house to burglarize it. When Lillian emerged from the bathroom, she encountered Blank, who then assaulted and fatally stabbed her before fleeing with stolen items.

The investigation into Lillian's murder eventually led authorities to Daniel Blank, ...Read More

Victim Details

Lillian Phillipe

Female

White / Caucasian

Gonzales

LA

1997-04-09

71

Lillian

Phillipe

05/08/2026