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Raymond Springer Sr:1972, Dayton, Ohio

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Raymond Springer Sr. was born on October 9th, 1942 to Reverend and Mrs. David Springer. Raymond  was called “Jabo” by his family and friends.    He served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He  married Ernestine and they had two sons, Raymond Jr. and Leslie.  He worked at Delco Moraine. Raymond was also a member of the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church.    On Tuesday, July 11th, 1972, Raymond was at Madden Park in Dayton. It is located southwest of downtown Dayton.     It’s hot and humid in July in Ohio. No one had air conditioning then. Staying up late and going out to the park to socialize is a good idea. At least the breeze will find you out there. If you work odd shifts at a factory, sometimes you find your friends out and about at unusual hours. If you grew up in a factory town; you know this. Not everyone works 9-5. But, Raymond wasn’t out at the park at midnight or three in the morning.  This shooti...
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Bobbie Ann Waymire:1972, Dayton, Ohio

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        Bobbie Ann Waymire was born Bobbie Ann Carter on April 28th, 1937 in North Carolina. Her parents Sarah Ann (Smith) Carter and Robert E. Carter.      She married Thomas L. Waymire and the couple had three children.     The two were separated in October of 1972 and Bobbie was dating someone else.        Sunday night the 22nd or early Monday October the 23rd 1972, Bobbie left her boyfriend’s place to go home. But, she didn’t make it home. She was found near Fairborn, Ohio. That’s just a few minutes east of Dayton.    Bobbie had been strangled and sexually assaulted.    A serviceman from a nearby military base was arrested and questioned but never charged. Was that possibly her boyfriend? He was not identified in the newspapers.    Was her estranged husband involved? Possibly. He was never charged.    If this perpetrat...
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Donna Jean Hudson:1972, Columbus, Ohio

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       Donna Jean Jarvis was born on April 23rd, 1952. I wasn’t able to find out much about her early life.   She married Robert Hudson when she was a teenager and they had three children, Chrissy, Donna and Bobby Gene.   Donna Jean Hudson was only 20 years old when she was brutally raped and strangled on Tuesday, September 5th, 1972, while her children were forced to watch in her west side Columbus, Ohio home.  Her daughter, Chrissy was five then. Her middle child, Donna, was almost three and the baby, Bobby Gene, was only 19 months old. One can only imagine the trauma they endured.   Her husband, Robert, 26, discovered Donna Jean’s body and the traumatized children when he came home from work.   This was 1972. Was Donna Hudson’s case related to the 1974 Columbus rape and murder of Jill Ellen Cull? Could this be the same perpetrator?     Before Jill Cull was abducted and murdered she had accused a man ...
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Linda Riddley:1975, Cleveland, Ohio

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       Linda Riddley was born in 1956 to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A Riddley. She was the oldest child. Sharon, Thomas A. Jr. and Cecilia made up the rest of the family.    Linda was smart and hardworking. She graduated from East Tech High School in 1973 and went right to work.    When Linda was 19 she was working as a clerk at Ohio Bell Telephone Company. She usually got a ride to work with a co-worker and friend of the family. Carpooling made good economic sense. Linda needed to watch every penny.         Linda’s father had suffered a heart ailment and wasn’t able to work for a couple of years prior to 1975. Linda wanted to help her family.     Linda was an avid reader in her free time. I found a 1975 yearly report of the Langston Hughes Branch Library which mentioned the loss of Linda. She was a frequent borrower of books there. The librarian mentioned that library traffic slowed consi...
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