Pamela Maurer Part 1 of 2

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Episode 49 Pamela Maurer Part 1 of 2

In 1976, 16 year old Pam Maurer stepped out on a snowy winter night in Lisle, Illinois – and never returned. Her body was found the next day, dumped along a country road. No one could think of anyone who wished Pam harm, and her case went cold very quickly. Many persons of interest were ruled out over the years – but not until investigators performed forensic genealogy did they learn who Pam's killer was. But he had not killed only Pam. When investigators identified the killer of Pam Maurer, they were shocked to learn that he was suspected in a dozen other murders and a number of rapes. Not until Bruce Lindahl was conclusively proven by modern investigators to be Pam's killer was he labeled a serial killer who preyed on women and girls in the western Chicago suburbs throughout the 1970s – and many cases are still unsolved.

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0:00.0	You're listening to DNAID.
0:03.0	Brought to you by Abject Entertainment.
0:05.3	Be sure to check out some of the other great true crime podcasts from this network,
0:09.7	including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Scene of the Crime,
0:15.0	Zodiac Speaking, Beyond Bizarre True Crime, Citizen Detective, and Campus Killings. All of these podcasts are available for you to binge on right now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:27.4	Subscribe where you're listening to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. This episode of DNA ID is sponsored by Jedmatch, the free genealogy website where you can learn about your ancestry
0:37.6	and find family members you're related to through DNA. Not to mention, help catch the bad guys
0:42.2	we talk about in every episode.
0:57.0	Music The The It was 1976.
1:24.1	January 12th was a freezing cold night in Woodridge, Illinois.
1:46.6	And that Monday night was a school night for 16-year-old Pam Mower. But that didn't stop Pam from wanting to hang out with her circle of close friends. Siblings Kathy, Dennis, and Peggy Robertson were tight with Pam, and they lived just two blocks away. So Pam and her friend Dale left the Mower House at 7638 Butternut Court on foot to head to the Robertsons. The next thing Pam's mom, Betty Mower,
1:52.9	knew Pam's friends were calling the Mower home and looking for Pam. But Pam wasn't there,
1:58.9	and her friends at the Robertsons didn't know where she was.
2:02.5	Neighborhood searches for her turned up nothing.
2:05.2	By 1145 p.m., Betty and Lewis Mower were very concerned.
2:09.6	Betty called the Woodridge PD and told them her daughter was missing.
2:13.8	Pam's parents spent a restless night listening to the police scanner hoping against hope that they would hear good news.
2:20.0	It was not to be.
2:22.4	At 7.27 a.m. on the snowy morning of January 13th, a.m. was driving Thomas Patterman was driving along college road in suburban Lyle.
2:32.5	Patterman was the Lyle Township Highway Commissioner, so as he was driving, he was more attuned
2:38.4	than most to the state of the roadway and its surrounding areas.
2:42.5	As he cruised east, he saw something on the west side of the road.
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