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Ella Minix

Case from Pulaski, IN dated Jan 05, 2009

Victim Details

Ella Mae Pressnell Minix

Female

Pulaski

IN

2009-01-05

37

Ella

Minix

07/07/2026

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In the small community of Winamac, Indiana, the life of 37-year-old Ella Mae Minix came to an end on January 5, 2009. According to her obituary, the female resident of Pulaski County passed away at Pulaski Memorial Hospital. The circumstances surrounding her death, however, are shrouded in a degree of mystery due to conflicting online information.

On the same winter day that Ella Minix died, her husband, 40-year-old Jonathan Lacy Minix, also passed away in Winamac. While Ella's official d ...
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