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Do you know who murdered Cheryl Thompson?
Cheryl Thompson, a 19-year-old female University of Cincinnati student, was reported missing on March 25, 1978, after she failed to return home from a night out at a bar in Oakley. Her body was discovered two weeks later on April 8, 1978, along the banks of the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio. The Hamilton County coroner determined that Cheryl Thompson had been raped and died from strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head.
For decades, the case remained unsolved due to the for ...Read More
Cheryl Thompson, a 19-year-old female University of Cincinnati student, was reported missing on March 25, 1978, after she failed to return home from a night out at a bar in Oakley. Her body was discovered two weeks later on April 8, 1978, along the banks of the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio. The Hamilton County coroner determined that Cheryl Thompson had been raped and died from strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head.
For decades, the case remained unsolved due to the for ...Read More
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Cheryl Thompson
March 2, 2023
Female
White / Caucasian
Loveland
OH
1978-03-24
Cheryl
Thompson
11/29/2025
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Wow, the recent development in Cheryl A. Thompson's case with the DNA technology breakthrough is bot... ...Read More
07/27/2023
07/27/2023
