INDIANAPOLIS — Police have named a man who died in 2013 as the serial killer responsible for the deaths of three women in the late 1980s.
Harry Edward Greenwell was identified as the man known as the"I-65" or"Days Inn" killer, an elusive figure who killed three motel clerks along Interstate 65 in Indiana and Kentucky, Indiana State Police spokesperson Sgt. Glen Fifield told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.
Margaret Gill, also known as Peggy Gill, was murdered while working the night shift at the Days Inn in Merrillville, Indiana, while Jean Gilbert was murdered while working the night shift at the Days Inn in Remington, Indiana, Fifield said. Gill, who was 24 at the time, had been promoted from maid to night auditor, while Gilbert, a mother of two, had traded shifts to watch her daughter's last game as a cheerleader, theOn Jan.
Decades after the murders took place, Indiana State Police and the FBI were able to use genetic genealogy to generate investigative leads on the killer. Greenwell -- who was born on Dec. 9, 1944, and died in January 2013 -- had an"extensive criminal history" and had been"in and out of prison several times," Fifield said.
Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter addressed the family members of the victims, saying he hopes the announcement"might bring a little bit of solace to you to know that the animal that did this is no longer on this earth."
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