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Dorothy Leish Wood Madden

Case from Columbia Station, OH dated Aug 08, 1975

Victim Details

Dorothy Leish Wood Madden

February 11, 2022

Female

Caucasian / White

Columbia Station

OH

1975-08-08

1949-12-03

25

Dorothy

Leish Wood Madden

Brown

Hazel

06/20/2026


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Dorothy Leishman Wood Madden, aged 25, disappeared from Lorain, Ohio, on August 8, 1975. She was last seen near her residence on the 1100 block of West 11th Street. Her case remained unsolved for several years until her skeletal remains were discovered on March 9, 1981, in a rural area located on Hawke Road in Columbia Station, Ohio. The remains were found wrapped in a yellow and white striped bedsheet, and forensic examination indicated a probable death sometime between 1979 and 1981.

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    I've been thinking a lot about the yellow and white bedsheet that Dorothy was found in. Isn't it str... ...Read More
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