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Judy Hawtree

Case from Monee, IL dated Sep 04, 1972

Victim Details

Judy Hawtree

Female

White / Caucasian

Monee

IL

1972-09-04

53

Judy

Hawtree

07/20/2026

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Judy Hawtree, a 53-year-old white woman, was killed on September 4, 1972, inside her family's rural home near Monee, Illinois. She died alongside her husband, 56-year-old machine designer Stephen Hawtree, and their youngest son, 17-year-old Thomas Hawtree. Contemporary accounts described gunmen entering the farmhouse, forcing the family into the basement and shooting all three at close range in what investigators considered execution-style killings.

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  • Desert Sun, 16 October 1972 — 8 Held For Murders [ARTICLE]
  • THIS CRAZY DAY IN 1972: De Mau Mau - by Cate Płyś

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