Presser of the Week: Debbie Lynn Randall Solved

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On October 27th, 1989, Fifth-grader Amy Mihaljevic went to Bay Village Middle School on Friday wearing green pants, a lavender, and a green sweatshirt, and carrying a denim and red backpack. Her body was discovered 106 days later in Ashland County and her death was ruled a homicide. Her case is the one I am the most passionate about because she was abducted about 3 miles from where I lived. 33+ years later the case is unsolved but there was a case this week that gives us hope. Cobb County police say DNA forensic testing has solved the 51-year-old cold case of the rape and murder of a Marietta third-grade girl. On Jan. 13, 1972, police say 9-year-old Debbie Lynn Randall was abducted while she was walking home from a nearby laundromat in Marietta, raped, and murdered. Officials say for more than 50 years the case has haunted investigators, and detectives have investigated hundreds of leads to no avail, leaving the case cold. Now detectives say genetic genealogy has provided some answers about who left the Randall family without their little girl. We are thrilled when we see cases like Debbie-Lynn get solved because it means there is a chance Amy Mihaljevic's case can still be solved. Sources: https://youtu.be/_KBp2AWyFRw?si=r97GA91pcMrM9Vl2 https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marietta-debbie-lynn-randall-murder-cold-case-breakthrough https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-seeking-information-in-amy-mihaljevic-murder/view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcast, presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.
0:13.0	Fifth grader Amy Mahalovic went to Bay Village Middle School on Friday, wearing green pants, a lavender and green sweatshirt,
0:21.6	and carrying a denim and red backpack.
0:23.6	Police found Amy's bike locked up at school,
0:26.6	but they haven't found Amy.
0:28.6	I've always taught them the rules.
0:30.6	You never go with anyone anywhere,
0:32.6	but that's how we got through her,
0:34.6	through her soft heart.
0:35.6	She wanted to do something for mom, and it was supposed to be kept secret.
0:39.3	Police described the man as white in his early 30s, about 5'9, of medium build with dark hair,
0:45.3	a bald spot in the back and round glasses.
0:48.3	One of Amy's friends reportedly told police that Amy said she was to meet someone who claimed to be a friend of the family
0:54.2	to go buy her mother a surprise gift. It's been almost a week since her 10-year-old daughter was
0:59.9	abducted by a man who looks like this. He reportedly told Amy he was a friend of the family
1:05.2	and would take her to buy a gift for her mother. The FBI says her abductor may not even
1:10.2	resemble these two composite drawings because
1:13.1	they only came from the memories of two 10-year-old children.
1:16.3	The body of a young female found in Ashland County early Thursday morning has been identified
1:23.7	as that of Amy Mahalovic, age 12 of Bay Village of Ohio.
1:28.3	Amy's body was found in Ashland County near the Heron County line.
1:31.3	That's well to the southwest of the community of Bay Village.
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