Cheryl Thompson

Murdered
Case Description
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**Update: DNA technology has been used to link the rape and murder of a University of Cincinnati student more than four decades ago to a now-deceased man who authorities suspect may also have been responsible for three other murders in Ohio. Ralph Howel died in 1986 in an auto accident. **

On March 24, 1978 at approximately 10:00 p.m. Cheryl A. Thompson left her residence at 8312 Wooster Pike in Cincinnati, Ohio reportedly heading to Gatsby’s located on Madison Road in Cincinnati, Ohio ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Cheryl Thompson

    March 2, 2023

    Female

    Caucasian / White

    Loveland

    OH

    1978-03-24

    Cheryl

    Thompson

    10/28/2024


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    Is there any DNA evidence in the Cheryl case? I'm curious to know if this type of evidence has been ... ...Read More
    02/28/2024
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    12/19/2023
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