A Cold Case and The Citizen Sleuths Helping to Push It Along - September 5 2025

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.9	When a cup of murder...
0:14.1	When a case is cold, a family finds themselves at the mercy of investigators.
0:21.0	On September 5th, 1979, two young girls were killed in a case that, even today, remains unsolved.
0:30.0	A case that has forced two sets of families to live a life without their loved ones, and at the mercy of a police force.
0:39.7	So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning
0:46.0	cup of murder.
0:48.0	On September 5, 1979, Yvonne Bender told her sister that she and a friend from school, Sue Ovington, were going to go shopping for some school clothes.
0:58.4	It was supposed to be the first day of school, actually. But because of the teacher's strike going on, classes got canceled.
1:05.7	So they were seizing the opportunity. Her mom told her to be home by five for dinner, and telling her that
1:12.1	she would, the 17-year-old went off to have some fun with her friend. It was the last time
1:18.7	Yvonne's family got the chance to speak with her. She and Sue Ovington, also 17 years old, lived in
1:26.8	Morton Grove and Skokie, Illinois. And when Yvonne
1:30.3	didn't make it home for dinner, her family started to get a little worried. Around that same
1:36.7	time, Sue also missed her 5 p.m. date with her 22-year-old boyfriend, Joe Majerus. He knew this was unlike her, so he started driving through town and found their car parked at the shopping center.
1:51.0	The girls' purses were inside the car, money's still there.
1:55.6	But other than that, there were no signs of them.
1:59.6	By the time 8 p.m. rolled around around and Yvonne was still not home. Her
2:04.5	boyfriend, 22-year-old Larry Olker, became worried enough that he got into contact with Joe,
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