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Do you know who murdered Katherine Ewing in 1981?
Katherine Lela Mae Ewing, aged 37, was the victim of a brutal homicide on September 26, 1981, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ewing's body was discovered by a fisherman named Benny George in Fort Loudon Lake. It was evident that she had been weighed down with cinderblock pieces, an indication that there was an attempt to conceal her body underwater. Upon examination, authorities found multiple cuts on her body, and an autopsy revealed that the cause of death was drowning. It was estimated that her body ...Read More
Katherine Lela Mae Ewing, aged 37, was the victim of a brutal homicide on September 26, 1981, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ewing's body was discovered by a fisherman named Benny George in Fort Loudon Lake. It was evident that she had been weighed down with cinderblock pieces, an indication that there was an attempt to conceal her body underwater. Upon examination, authorities found multiple cuts on her body, and an autopsy revealed that the cause of death was drowning. It was estimated that her body ...Read More
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Katherine Ewing
November 21, 2022
Female
Unknown
Knoxville
TN
1981-09-26
37
Katherine
Ewing
12/02/2025
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I recently came across the tragic story of Katherine Lela Mae Ewing and felt compelled to share my t... ...Read More
03/03/2024
03/03/2024
Has anyone else looked into the weather conditions around September 26, 1981, when Katherine Ewing's... ...Read More
11/26/2023
11/26/2023
I was reading about Katherine Lela Mae Ewing's case and something that really got me thinking was th... ...Read More
01/03/2023
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