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Police view links in area deathsCINCINNATI (AP) — Police from Ohio and Kentucky were meeting today lo look for a common dencffrimator—possibly narcotics— in the murders of 11 young women since 1975.Jack Leach, chief investigator for Hamilton County Coroner Frank Cleveland, who arranged the meeting, confirmed that a May 1976 seizure of a boat containing tons of marijuana in Mississippi might be a possible link.One of our purposes is to see if this could be, in fact, a common lie/' Ieach said. But Leach said the primary purpose of the meeting is to share investigation material on all the slayings to determine if there are common threads that might linkthem together.All the bodies were found in rural areas, most were nude or partially nude. Leach said the original estimate of 1G was reduced to 11 wJien five were eliminated through being solved or having no apparent similarity. Cleveland's office conducted all the autopsies, on a cooperative basis. Cleveland said two of the u have been solved but were included in the probe because of similarities lo the other nine cases.Kentucky State police, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Cincinnati police homicide squad were invited. Other authorities and the numbers of killings under investigation in theirdistricts are; Hamilton County, three; Clermont County, two; and one each in Butler, Warren and Clinton counties.Leach said he would neither confirm nor deny the list of the victims published Wednesday.The list included:Hamilton County: Mary Ruth Hopkins, 21, Cincinnati, June 30, 1976; Linda Dyer, 15, Cincinnati, Aug. 24, 1976; Dorothy Sullivan, 10, Cincinnati, Aug. 28. Earl Elder, Cincinnati, was convicted in the Sullivan case and sentenced to 25 years.Kentucky: Susan Gorman, 19. Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 1975. Carol Sue Klabcr, 16, Furl Wright, Junes, 1976 and an unidentified woman foundApril 17, 1976 in Grant County. John Boyd, 49, Middletown, a mental patient, was convicted for the Gorman slaying.CJermont County; Linda Kay Harmon, 17, Forestville, Sept. 2, 1975; Nancy Grigsby, 28, Wi-tamsville. Mav 9. 1976.Clerinotil County: Cora Ellen Durham, also known as Tamya Ellen King, 27, Cincinnati, June 20.Butler County: Victoria Hincher, 24, Cincinnati, Oct. 31, 1976.Clinton County: Eluina Bear, IS, Cincinnati, Feb. 28, 1977.Leach said Montgomery County authorities asked to attend Ihe meeting as observers.
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Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, Mar 10, 1977
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