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Nov 2024
57m 2s

MURDERED: Malvina Krutz

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When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina.

  • If you have any information about the murder of Malvina Krutz in Indianapolis in 1958, please contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), or via their app. You can also contact the Indiana State Police’s cold case hotline at 1-800-453-4756, or visit their website at coldcasetips@idoc.in.gov.
     

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