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On a cold January evening in South Bend, Indiana, the life of 43-year-old Michelle Lee Blankenship was tragically cut short. On January 4, 2015, she was found shot to death in an apartment building on East Calvert Street. Another individual, 46-year-old Robert J. Duke, was also found deceased at the scene, the victim of a double homicide that shook the community.

The hours that followed the discovery of the two victims were tense, as law enforcement began their investigation into the brut ...Read More
Victim Details

Michelle L. Blankenship

Female

White / Caucasian

South-bend

IN

2015-01-04

43

Michelle

Blankenship

12/14/2025