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Martha Sue Young

Case from East Lansing, MI dated Jan 01, 1977

Victim Details

Martha Sue Young

Female

East Lansing

MI

1977-01-01

19

Martha

Sue Young

07/07/2026

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Martha Sue Young, a 19-year-old Caucasian female, vanished during the early morning hours of New Year's Day in 1977 after meeting with her former fiancé in East Lansing, Michigan. A student at Michigan State University, she had recently ended her engagement to Donald Gene Miller but agreed to see him one last time. When she failed to return home, her mother immediately suspected Miller, a seemingly respectable criminal justice student and youth minister who was the last person to see her alive. ...
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  • East Lansing serial killer Don Miller focus of new book, 'Killing Women'
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