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Michael Klitch

Case from Galena, OH dated Jun 28, 1971

Victim Details

Michael Klitch

February 11, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Galena

OH

1971-06-28

1959-02-07

12

Michael

Klitch

Brown

Blue

4'10

85

07/01/2026


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On June 28, 1971, 12-year-old Michael Dean Klitch was reported missing from Grandview Heights, Ohio. He was last seen around 2:10 p.m. leaving his home on Cambridge Boulevard to go practice tennis. Michael's mother arrived at the tennis courts on West Goodale Boulevard at around 3:40 p.m. to pick him up, but he was nowhere to be found. This marked the beginning of an intensive search by both law enforcement and the local community for the missing boy.

Tragically, on July 11, 1971, Micha ...
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  • Michael Dean Klitch Unsolved homicide - Ohio Attorney General
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