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137: A Murderer who remained unknown for over 40 years - September 15 2019 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com More and more we have been hearing how decades old cases are being solved with familial DNA. It’s an exciting time for cold case and true crime fans. On September 15th 1972 a girl was found murdered on a college campus and it would take 46 years before her murderer was identified. ISU Student, Pam Milam, Murdered (1972) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer * ** *** Information for this podcast was collected from the following source(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Floyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

We have a electricity line.

0:05.4

We're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.5

More and more, we have been hearing how decades old cases are being solved with familial DNA.

0:17.8

It's an exciting time for cold cases and true crime fans.

0:22.2

On September 15, 1972, a girl was found murdered on a college campus, and it would take 46 years before her murderer was identified.

0:32.5

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:37.9

cup of murder.

0:41.9

Pam Millum was a well-known and well-loved girl, a Hoosier scholar devoted and involved in many

0:48.4

clubs and activities at school and church, and a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority.

0:55.0

She was an English major at Indiana State University and lived at home with her parents and two

1:00.0

sisters, one of which was a freshman at the same school.

1:04.0

She was 19 years old when, on September 15, 1972, she left an on-campus rush party for the sorority. She had some supplies

1:14.1

from the party, which included a clothesline and tape, and told her fellow sisters that she

1:19.1

planned on staying at the sorority suite at Lincoln Quad, but she needed to move her car

1:24.0

closer. This was around 11 p.m. 24 hours later, her boyfriend, Dave Smith, came

1:31.5

on to campus to pick her up for a date. When he couldn't find her, he checked with her friends.

1:37.1

They explained what she said the last time they saw her and told him that her car was still in

1:42.3

its parking spot.

1:47.0

He found this strange and immediately called her sister.

1:52.6

Pam's sister and father went on to the campus to look for her when, after approaching her car,

1:53.8

they opened the trunk.

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