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Murder confession ties Van Skike to Lynda Manuel case
A Jones County grand jury heard a woman recount Van Skike saying he strangled Lynda Manuel after she refused him. The informant, one of 13 non police witnesses, also later told The Gazette others say he admitted the murder. Manuel disappeared June 27 1978 after leaving a grocery job in Anamosa. skeletal remains found April 8 1979 near a Dubuque County road. autopsy could not determine cause of death though a fractured jaw was noted.
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Lynda Manuel
Tom
Jones County
Grand Jury
The
Gazette
van Skike
Manuel
J.A. Brennan
Dubuque
Anamosa
Sheehy
Brennan
Jamie Vaughn
Vaughn