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Kathryn Menendez

Death by Force
Case Description
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Kathryn "Kathy" Menendez, a 17-year-old from Alliance, Ohio, was found dead on August 25, 1994, just a few days after she went missing on August 20. Her body was discovered in a rural area near the Berlin Reservoir, on an oil well road off of Fewtown Road in Portage County, Ohio. She was found unclothed, and authorities determined she had been strangled, stabbed, and bludgeoned to death. Investigators believe she may have been killed elsewhere and then moved to the location where she was discove ...Read More
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  • Kathryn Menendez Unsolved homicide - Ohio Attorney General
  • Body of Portage County cold case murder victim was exhumed - WOIO
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    Victim Details

    Kathryn Menendez

    February 11, 2022

    Female

    Caucasian / White

    Alliance

    OH

    1994-08-20

    1977-05-24

    17

    Kathryn

    Menendez

    Brown

    Brown

    5'04

    124

    11/07/2025


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