What the records say
- When
- 14 May 1985
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 41.58° N, 87.35° W
- Description
- 1985 crime in Indiana, US
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder of Ruth Pelke
1985 crime in Indiana, US
Ruth Pelke was a 78-year-old American living in Gary, Indiana, who was stabbed to death by Paula R. Cooper, then aged 15, on May 14, 1985. Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife before stealing ten dollars and her car. A year later, Cooper was sentenced to death on July 11, 1986.
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