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Wendy Von Huben

Death by Force
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Sixteen-year-old Caucasian female Wendy Rachel Von Huben left Woodstock, Illinois, in February 1997 with her 19-year-old fiancé, Jesse Howell, chasing a rail-rider's adventure through the Southeast. On 23 March 1997 a locomotive crew spotted Howell's bludgeoned body beside the tracks at Belleview, Florida; money still in his pocket showed robbery was not the motive. Investigators believed the teen's companion had witnessed the attack and vanished or been taken. Extensive land-and-air searches, ...Read More
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  • Railroad Killer Helps Find Girl's Corpse - ABC News
  • Wendy Von Huben | Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - Fandom
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    Victim Details

    Wendy Von Huben

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Woodstock

    IL

    1997-03-23

    16

    Wendy

    Von Huben

    11/20/2025

    Forum Posts (2)
    I’ve been thinking a lot about Wendy and Jesse’s story, and one detail that always sticks with m... ...Read More
    11/07/2023
    I can't stop thinking about how utterly terrifying it must have been for Wendy Von Huben in her fina... ...Read More
    01/27/2023
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