Dead Iowa man linked to 1980s serial motel killings in MidwestBy Jesse O’Neill
April 6, 2022
Indiana state police announced Tuesday that they used DNA evidence to link a dead suspect to a series of motel clerk slayings and attacks across two states between 1987 and 1990.
Harry Edward Greenwell was named as the “I-65 killer” who murdered three women and raped another at motels along Interstate 65 in Indiana and Kentucky decades ago, officials said Monday.
The Iowa man died of cancer at the age of 68 in 2013.
“Greenwell had an extensive criminal history and had been in and out of prison several times, even escaping from jail on two separate occasions,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Glen Fifield said at a press conference.
“He was known to travel frequently in the Midwest.”
Forensic evidence tied Greenwell to the 1987 murder of Vicki Heath, 41, and the 1989 killings of Margaret “Peggy” Gill, 24, and Jeanne Gilbert, 24.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/harry-edward-greenwell-identified-as-i-65-killer-in-indiana-kentucky-during-1980s/
