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Thank you guys for tuning in. And thank you so much to Casey for recommending this case that we have for you today. I feel like I wouldn't be surprised if other people recommended this one.

Yeah, I'm sure that a few other people have as well. Yeah, we haven't done a like a highway killer in kind of a minute. Yeah, I think the last one we did was maybe a year ago. Yeah, what was that the eye 20 killer?

Uh-huh. The in Oregon. Yeah, yeah, that case is crazy. But this one. Yeah, this one is insane too. So thank you so much to Casey for recommending it. Thank you all for tuning in. And let's talk about it.

Alright guys, this is episode 223 of Going West. So let's get into it.

In the spring of 1992, a string of murders began off the I 70 freeway in the Midwest. The killer claimed at least six victims, all of whom were store clerks. But to this day, no one has ever been caught despite numerous eyewitness accounts.

This is the story of the I 70 killer.

In our state 70 is a major east west highway, the fifth largest in the nation and it spans from Coffort, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland, a length of over 2000 miles.

The murders that we're talking about today begin in Indianapolis, Indiana in April of 1992. So this is where it all started as far as investigators know.

The first victim was 26 year old Robin full-dower. Robin Sarah full-dower was born on December 16, 1965 to parents Elliott and Carol and she had two older sisters named Lynn and Susan.

Robin's family was very active in their local synagogue, the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation, which is the oldest synagogue in Indianapolis. Known for her intelligence and work ethic, Robin graduated from Lawrence Central High School in Northeast Indianapolis, second in her class and then went on to attend Indian University, which we have talked about many times on this show.

After working her way up to the manager position at Pickway where she stayed for three years, she moved back home to North Indianapolis and was hired to manage a payless shoe source at 7-325 Pendleton Pike.

This store was located directly off the exit ramp to Highway 465, which connected with I-70 just three miles south, so it's not directly off I-70, it's just a few miles off it.

But pretty close.

Yeah, it's like right there. Robin was described by friends and family as kind, warm, and caring. A neighbor at the apartment complex she settled in near payless, remembered her as having a heart of gold.

Another said she always had a smile on her face. And a big dream of hers included getting married and starting a family, so that was something that she was really looking forward to as she got older.

Around 3pm on Wednesday, April 8th, 1992, an employee of the Speedway gas station next door to payless shoes, popped in and found the store empty, and the cash register was open.

Assuming that there had been a robbery, she left and dialed 911 without noticing Robin's lifeless body in the back of the store.

Robin wasn't even supposed to be working that day, but a coworker had called out so she stepped in.

It's always so sad when that happens.

Yeah, and you know, I always think like then it probably would have been the other person.

Right, which is just as sad.

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