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Wendy McDade

Case from Pleasant Prairie, WI dated Mar 18, 1981

Victim Details

Wendy McDade

Female

White / Caucasian

Pleasant Prairie

WI

1981-03-18

29

Wendy

McDade

06/24/2026

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In the quiet expanse of the Chiwaukee Prairie nature area in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a grim discovery was made on March 18, 1981. The bodies of a man and a woman were found, both having been shot three times in the head. The woman was identified as Wendy McDade, a 29-year-old White former chorus girl. She was found alongside William Callahan, a 50-year-old executive from New York. Their identities were not immediately known as their bodies had been left with no identification.

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