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Pamela Ryan

Case from Joliet, IL dated Aug 20, 1983

Victim Details

Pamela Ryan

Female

White / Caucasian

Joliet

IL

1983-08-20

25

Pamela

Ryan

07/18/2026

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On August 20, 1983, 29-year-old white female Pamela Marie Ryan was among four women brutally murdered inside the Greenware by Mary ceramic shop on East Cass Street in Joliet, Illinois. Pamela Ryan had accompanied her 75-year-old mother-in-law, Anna Ryan, and 38-year-old Barbara Dunbar to the shop that Saturday morning. The store owner, 45-year-old Marilyn Baers, was also present. All four women were attacked and killed in what became one of the most shocking mass murders in Will County history. ...
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  • ANOTHER JOLIET, ILL., WOMAN SLAIN - The New York Times
  • Pamela Marie “Pam” Garland Ryan (1953-1983) - Find a Grave
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