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Katherine Schultz, 18, a white female, vanished on September 20, 1974, in Minnesota and was found the next day in a cornfield, beaten to death with a hammer. Accounts describe catastrophic head injuries—her skull imploded from the blows. Born and raised in Minneapolis, she had been juggling school and work in the city before she disappeared.
Her killing unfolded amid a short, frenzied stretch of violence in the Twin Cities that September. In the days before her death, a young woman abd ...Read More
Her killing unfolded amid a short, frenzied stretch of violence in the Twin Cities that September. In the days before her death, a young woman abd ...Read More
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Katherine Schultz
Female
White / Caucasian
Everett
WA
1974-09-20
18
Katherine
Schultz
11/09/2025






