Kimberly Simon

Murdered

A teenage girl is found murdered after being abducted while walking in Marcy, NY
On the evening of September 18, 1985, Kimberly Simon, a 16-year-old from Marcy, New York, left her home to meet a friend at Whitesboro Junior High School. She never returned. The following day, her body was discovered in a wooded area near the Mohawk River. Kimberly had been brutally raped and strangled, and her death shook the small community.

The case quickly gained attention, and in 1989, Steven Barnes, a local resident, was convicted of her murder based largely on circumstantial evi ...Read More

'Keeping her memory alive': The Kim Simon case 35 years later

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