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In the autumn of 1987, a young man's life was tragically cut short, a victim of a string of unsolved murders that haunted the Midwest. Twenty-one-year-old James Boyd Robbins, a male, disappeared on the night of October 15, 1987. He was last seen at approximately 10 p.m. after leaving his mother's residence in Indianapolis and heading toward the southern part of the city.

Two days later, on October 17, a grim discovery was made in a ditch in rural Shelby County, near Interstate 70 south of ...Read More
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Victim Details

James Robbins

Male

White / Caucasian

Hanover Township

IN

1987-10-17

21

James

Boyd Robbins

12/14/2025