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Stephen Hawtree

Case from Monee, IL dated Sep 04, 1972

Victim Details

Stephen Hawtree

Male

White / Caucasian

Monee

IL

1972-09-04

56

Stephen

Hawtree

07/20/2026

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In the quiet, rural setting of Monee, Illinois, the autumn of 1972 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of 56-year-old Stephen Hawtree, his wife, and their teenage son. On a September day, the family was discovered in the basement of their home, all having been executed in a chillingly similar fashion. The tranquility of their lives was extinguished with a motive that, at first, seemed incomprehensible to investigators, leaving a community in fear and searching for an ...
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  • THIS CRAZY DAY IN 1972: De Mau Mau - by Cate Płyś
  • Desert Sun, 16 October 1972 — 8 Held For Murders [ARTICLE]
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