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Matilda Jeannette Messer, a 56-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on June 10, 1966, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was one of the victims of the infamous serial killer known as the Cincinnati Strangler. The perpetrator, Posteal Laskey Jr., was suspected of killing seven women in Cincinnati between December 1965 and December 1966. Messer was attacked in one of the city's parks, where she was beaten, raped, and strangled. After committing the crime, the killer tied Messer's dog to a tree near her b ...Read More
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Matilda Messer
Female
Cincinnati
OH
1966-06-10
56
Matilda
Messer
11/15/2025
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I’ve been researching the Cincinnati Strangler and stopped to look at the specific details of each... ...Read More
12/29/2024
12/29/2024
Has anyone else looked into the police community’s response at the time of the Cincinnati Strangle... ...Read More
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