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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Del Rey

Fifty years ago, a young mom traveling with her toddler was raped and shot dead on a roadside. Police finally know who killed her

Phyllis Bailer, 26, was traveling from Indianapolis, Indiana to Bluffton, Indiana with her 3-year-old daughter when she was murdered in 1972 - (Indiana State Police)

Indiana officials have finally solved the cold case of a young mother who was killed more than 50 years ago.

Twenty-six-year-old Phyllis Bailer and her three-year-old daughter were heading from Indianapolis to Bluffton, about 100 miles northeast, to visit her parents on July 7, 1972.

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