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Karen Sue Beineman

Case from Ann Arbor, MI dated Jul 23, 1969

Victim Details

Karen Sue Beineman

Female

White / Caucasian

Ann Arbor

MI

1969-07-23

18

Karen

Sue Beineman

08/23/2026

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In the summer of 1969, a palpable fear gripped the communities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. A series of brutal murders of young women had left the area on edge. It was in this climate of anxiety that 18-year-old Karen Sue Beineman, a female freshman at Eastern Michigan University, made a fateful decision. On July 23, 1969, she walked from her campus to a downtown wig shop, reportedly to purchase a blonde wig in the hopes of protecting herself from a killer who seemed to be targeting bru ...
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  • Crime: The Rainy Day Murders
  • Michigan Murders: "1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals ... - Pulp
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