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Helen Wronski

Case from Milwaukee, WI dated Nov 09, 1979

Victim Details

Helen Wronski

Female

White / Caucasian

Milwaukee

WI

1979-11-09

79

Helen

Wronski

09/14/2026

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Helen Wronski, a 79-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was killed inside her Milwaukee home in November 1979. She had last been seen alive on November 8, and on November 9 her son went to her East Side residence and discovered her body. Investigators determined that Wronski had been beaten to death in her living room. After the attack, the killer covered her body with a sheet and went into her bedroom, where drawers in a dresser had been opened and searched. Despite the apparent rummaging, investig ...
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