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In the fall of 1983, a sense of unease settled over the Saline community of Somerset, Kentucky, following the death of an elderly woman. Mamie Mercer, an 80-year-old woman, was found lifeless in the place she should have been safest—her own bed in her home on South Hart Road. It was determined that she had been strangled, a violent end to a long life that left her community in shock and fear. The initial investigation by the Kentucky State Police led them to question a local man named Michael ...Read More
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Mamie Mercer
Female
Somerset
KY
1983-10-12
80
Mamie
Mercer
12/05/2025
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I’ve been following the Mercer case and the chilling detail that stands out to me is how vulnerabl... ...Read More
03/22/2023
03/22/2023
It's been over 40 years since Mamie Mercer's tragic death, and I can't help but think about the woma... ...Read More
02/26/2023
02/26/2023
