ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (TCN) — A 53-year-old chilly case has come to an in depth after investigators just lately recognized a suspect within the loss of life of a 26-year-old lady whose physique was present in a ditch close to her younger daughter.
In keeping with a information launch from Indiana State Police, on July 7, 1972, Phyllis Bailer was touring from Indianapolis to Bluffton, Indiana, along with her 3-year-old daughter to go to her dad and mom. Bailer and her daughter by no means made it to her dad and mom’ dwelling, prompting her household to name police and report Bailer lacking.
The next morning, the borrowed automotive Bailer was driving was reportedly discovered deserted with the hood up in Grant County. Round an hour later, a passerby found Bailer deceased and her daughter unhurt in a ditch in Allen County.
An post-mortem later revealed Bailer had been sexually assaulted and died of a gunshot wound.
DNA testing wasn’t obtainable on the time, and the case went chilly. Years after Bailer’s loss of life, investigators created a partial DNA profile from her clothes and dominated out the primary suspect within the case.
In keeping with state police, in 2024, authorities developed a “stronger” DNA profile from Bailer’s clothes. Consequently, on April 16, state police introduced that they recognized Fred Lienemann of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, as the first suspect. He was 25 years previous when Bailer died. He reportedly had no identified connections to Bailer, however officers stated he had a “vital felony historical past.” If he had been alive, state police stated the Allen County Prosecutor’s Workplace would have charged him with homicide.
Lienemann was killed in Detroit in 1985. In keeping with a 1985 article from The Detroit Information posted by state police, Lienemann was overwhelmed with a baseball bat and positioned in a dumpster that had been set on hearth whereas he was nonetheless alive. His arms had been reportedly damaged, and his face had been sprayed with silver paint. Per the article, two suspects, Clifford Copley and Kevin Reece, allegedly bought into an argument with Lienemann over some property earlier than beating him with the bat in Copley’s basement residence.
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