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Myrtle Rupp

Case from Temple, PA dated Apr 17, 1979

Victim Details

Myrtle Rupp

Female

White / Caucasian

Temple

PA

1979-04-17

51

Myrtle

Rupp

07/03/2026

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In the quiet suburb of South Temple, Pennsylvania, a gruesome discovery shattered the peace on an Easter Monday in April 1979. Myrtle Rupp, a 51-year-old widowed nurse, was found brutally murdered in her home. She had been recovering from foot surgery, a detail that added a layer of vulnerability to the shocking crime. A concerned neighbor who had been helping with her trash during her recovery entered her house and found her deceased in her bed, bound with the sash cord from her living room dra ...
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  • Krajcir pleads guilty to 1979 Pa. murder - seMissourian
  • Pennsylvania: Killer Sentenced Again - The New York Times
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