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Christine Rothschild

Case from Madison, WI dated May 25, 1968

Victim Details

Christine Rothschild

Female

White / Caucasian

Madison

WI

1968-05-25

18

Christine

Rothschild

07/04/2026

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On a spring morning in May of 1968, the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus was irrevocably altered by a brutal act of violence that has remained a haunting mystery for decades. Christine Rothschild, an 18-year-old White/Caucasian female freshman from Chicago, was found murdered on May 26th, her life cut short just as it was beginning. In the weeks leading up to her death, Christine had become increasingly fearful, confiding in her close friend, Linda Schulko, about a persistent and unsettlin ...
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