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Anna Ryan

Case from Joliet, IL dated Aug 20, 1983

Victim Details

Anna Ryan

Female

White / Caucasian

Joliet

IL

1983-08-20

75

Anna

Ryan

07/03/2026

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On Saturday, August 20, 1983, Anna Ryan, a 75-year-old woman, was murdered alongside three other victims in a horrific attack at The Greenware by Merry Ceramic shop located at 1405 East Cass Street in Joliet, Illinois. The other victims included the ceramic shop owner Marilyn Baers Barbara Dunbar and Ryan's own daughter-in-law Pamela Ryan. All four women were brutally stabbed, with a total of 43 stab wounds between them. Anna Ryan was additionally shot in the neck.

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  • ANOTHER JOLIET, ILL., WOMAN SLAIN - The New York Times

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    I've been thinking a lot about the timing of the ceramic shop murders and how it was in the middle o... ...Read More
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