Cynthia Johnson

Murdered
Case Description
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On October 30, 1977, Cynthia "Cindy" Johnson, aged 16, left her home in Garfield Heights, Ohio, around 7 p.m., informing a friend that she was planning to meet a man. Cindy's body was found the following morning on October 31 at approximately 8:30 a.m. She had been placed on top of an industrial rubbish container outside the Titan Fastener Engineering Company warehouse in Independence, Ohio. The cause of death was determined to be strangulation by ligature, which ruled out manual strangulation, ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Cynthia Johnson

    February 11, 2022

    Independence

    OH

    1977-10-30

    1961-01-31

    16

    Cynthia

    Johnson

    No

    10/28/2024


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    Does anyone have any theories on the murder of Cynthia? I've been following the case closely and wou... ...Read More
    08/31/2024
    Does anyone know if the Cynthia Johnson case is listed in the Namus database? I have been trying to ... ...Read More
    10/13/2023
    Has anyone heard if there is any DNA evidence in the Cynthia case?... ...Read More
    05/07/2023
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