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Lynn Vest and Jeremy Pickens:1980, Columbus, Ohio

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Jeremy Pickens Lynn Vest    Lynn Vest and her 2 year old nephew, Jeremy Pickens were at Lynn’s home on Wednesday November 12th, 1980. Lynn often watched her nephew while her sister worked. Lynn had a 1 ½ year old boy named Shane and the two children played well together.    Lynn’s husband was home at 4012 East Fulton as well that day. He was supposed to head to work in the afternoon.   Lynn needed to go to the bank and Jeremy went with her. She left Shane home with her husband and Lynn and Jeremy got in the car for a quick trip to the bank at Main and Hamilton Road.    Lynn’s husband grew increasingly worried when they did not return home quickly. He had to leave for work. Lynn would not just forget that. He called Lynn’s Dad who was a police detective in Columbus.        Patrol cars were alerted to be on the lookout for the Vest’s Blue 1979 Mustang Cobra.     Police found the ca...

Mary Susan Jacobs Carter:1980, Hyde Park, Ohio

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       On Saturday, August 16th, 1980 a woman named Faye Estepp saw two preschool children wandering down her road. They had dusty tear stained faces. They were upset and hungry so she began caring for them and called the police for help.    These were not children from her neighborhood. She thought they had gotten lost. She hoped police would help them find their mother and father.    When the police arrived they gathered more information from the children and they did find the children’s mother. She was face down at the end of a dirt road and she had been strangled.    Mary Susan Jacobs was born on January 15th, 1959 to Fran and George Jacobs.    Mary married Richard Carter Jr. on January 31st, 1976 when she was 17 and he was 21. She dropped out of Colerain High School to get married. The couple had two children, Shawn and Elizabeth.     Mary and Richard separated in April of ...

Harry Edward Greenwell:Serial Killer

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       Harry Edward Greenwell was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 9th, 1944.  Greenwell approx. in his 20’s.     He married a young lady named Jenny in 1980. They divorced on June 7th 1991 in Washburn, Wisconsin. They had five children, I believe.     He married again, this time to a lady named Julie but that marriage also ended in divorce in 1999 in Allamakee, Iowa.    His Obituary says he was the husband of Julie so maybe they reunited?     He had a total of six children between the two marriages.    He lived as an adult in Wisconsin and later in New Albin, Iowa but traveled frequently because of his job. He was employed for years by the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company doing track maintenance. His job had him traveling quite a bit.    He became known as the I-65 Killer and/or The Days Inn Killer in 1989.  The identity of the I-65 ...