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Jean Shrader

Case from Columbus, OH dated Oct 22, 1981

Victim Details

Jean Shrader

February 7, 2024

Female

Caucasian / White

Columbus

OH

1981-10-22

1981-10-22

Jean Shrader

Jean

Shrader

No

07/09/2026


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Jean Shrader, 26 years old, was murdered on October 22, 1981, in Columbus, Ohio. Her body was discovered in a stairwell on the fifth floor of a downtown parking garage. An eyewitness reported seeing a man drag a woman's body from a car into the stairwell that night, but by the time the police arrived, the perpetrator had fled the scene. The autopsy later revealed that Jean had been strangled, likely using a thin rope or wire, indicating a deliberate and violent act.

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