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The murder of Dorothy Miller is Burlington, Iowa’s oldest cold case. Dorothy was a 48-year-old real estate agent who was brutally murdered while showing a prospective client a home in August of 1969. The man she showed the home to was never seen again, despite Dorothy’s own husband and many witnesses seeing him the day and evening of the murder. 

This case is baffling, and the behavior exhibited by the assumed killer makes many believe Dorothy wasn’t his first victim… or last. 

SOURCES: 

• Find Saleswoman Dead in Closet, Quad City Times, August 19, 1969
• Real Estate Saleswoman Found Killed, The Gazette, August 19, 1969
• Burlington Killer Still At Large, Iowa Press Citizen, August 20, 1969
• Killer is Still At Large, Quad City Times, August 20, 1969
• Nick Lamberto, Find Body of Woman Lying Inside Closet, The Des Moines Register, August 20, 1969
• Burlington Killer Sought, The Gazette, August 20, 1969
• Sex-Killer Sought at Burlington, The Muscatine Journal, August 20, 1969
• Hunt Killer of Burlington Woman Stabbed Over 20 Times, The Sioux City Journal, August 20, 1969
• Suspect Seen in Bar?, Quad City Times, August 21, 1969
• Death Suspect Seen in Tavern, The Des Moines Register, August 21, 1969
• Seek Man Seen in Burlington Tavern Monday, The Gazette, August 21, 1969
• Report suspect in sex slaying seen in tavern, The Muscatine Journal, August 21, 1969
• Describe Man Sought in Iowa Slaying, The Sioux City Journal, August 21, 1969
• List of ‘case-open’ slayings in Iowa, Des Moines Sunday Register, September 8, 1974
• Andy Hoffman, Burlington’s oldest cold case continues to baffle, Iowa Press Citizen, August 1, 2015

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