Denise Swanson

Death by Force

Denise Swanson, a 79-year-old white woman, was found murdered on November 30, 1981, in Lansing, Michigan. Her death was part of a disturbing pattern of assaults and killings targeting elderly women in the area. Swanson was raped and strangled in her home, a method consistent with several other unsolved cases from the same period. The brutality of the crime and the vulnerability of the victim shocked the local community and intensified efforts to find the perpetrator.

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