The Mysterious Death of Dana Rosendale - September 11 2025

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, 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...
0:12.0	A cup of murder.
0:14.9	Determining the difference between an accident and a cold-blooded murder can be incredibly difficult.
0:20.7	On September 11, 1982, a woman lost her
0:23.9	life after days of fighting in the hospital. A woman whose manner of death remains a mystery for some.
0:31.0	So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning
0:36.3	cup of murder. On September 5th,
0:39.1	1982 in Toledo, Ohio, Dana Rosendale went out for a night on the town with her best friend.
0:45.5	She took a break from homework, a break from motherhood, and went to the south side Roxy to dance
0:51.0	her worries away to one of her favorite rock bands.
1:00.3	She was just 19 years old and a new mother who was juggling all of those responsibilities along with classes at Owens Community College.
1:03.6	She deserved it.
1:05.6	She and her friend Roxy Palau had a great night together and as things started to wind down, they accepted a ride
1:12.7	home with the club's bouncer, Russell Atkins.
1:16.1	Roxy, who lived in Michigan, was dropped off first.
1:20.0	And though what happened next is unclear, we know that Dana Rosendale never made it to our
1:25.9	apartment in Toledo's east side. Instead,
1:29.6	she was found unconscious along Tracy Road at 3.23 a.m. in what appeared to be a hit and run.
1:37.9	While she was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, Dana's boyfriend was
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