Sept. 21, 1980 Double Murder in Montana
Mar 3, 2018 17:31:11 GMT
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Post by geometry on Mar 3, 2018 17:31:11 GMT
This one has been on my radar for a while. Also check out this other crime from the same city.
November 6, 1973 - Cliff (24) and Linda Bernhardt (24)
Location: 1116 Dorothy Lane, Billings, MT
The couple was found bound and beaten in their Billings home. Linda Bernhardt was raped, and both were strangled. Cliff was an army veteran, and was working a construction job at the time. They had lived in their new home just a few weeks. She found Cliff face down in a pool of blood in the master bedroom. He had been bludgeoned on the back of the head and bumped his forehead either on the bed or the floor on the way down. Linda was in another bedroom, face down and dead, her clothing torn away. She had been brutally sexually assaulted. The table was set with a casserole dinner, and reportedly dishes for three people. The killer had turned down the heat in the house and opened the bedroom windows, possibly to adjust the Bernhardts' body temperatures and make it more difficult for investigators to determine their times of death. Marks on their hands and feet showed both had been bound. Whatever was used to bind them was not found. There was no apparent forced entry into the house, and investigators believe the killer or killers stayed in the home for several hours, possibly removing clues to his, or their, identity because little evidence was left behind. The killer apparently took nothing of material value, but did take trophies: All of Linda's underclothing was missing from the house as was a large, green suitcase. The DNA profile was entered into the FBI's database.
Located at a dead-end road, directly north of a large park. Easy access to the highway. Several hallmarks of an EAR attack: ideal location, couple, female sexual assault, bludgeoning, bindings, theft of small items. EAR was also known to adjust the thermostat. This incident is rather early compared to the EAR series, and apparently the DNA has been entered into the FBI database. It’s almost like EAR took notes on this attack.
November 6, 1973 - Cliff (24) and Linda Bernhardt (24)
Location: 1116 Dorothy Lane, Billings, MT
The couple was found bound and beaten in their Billings home. Linda Bernhardt was raped, and both were strangled. Cliff was an army veteran, and was working a construction job at the time. They had lived in their new home just a few weeks. She found Cliff face down in a pool of blood in the master bedroom. He had been bludgeoned on the back of the head and bumped his forehead either on the bed or the floor on the way down. Linda was in another bedroom, face down and dead, her clothing torn away. She had been brutally sexually assaulted. The table was set with a casserole dinner, and reportedly dishes for three people. The killer had turned down the heat in the house and opened the bedroom windows, possibly to adjust the Bernhardts' body temperatures and make it more difficult for investigators to determine their times of death. Marks on their hands and feet showed both had been bound. Whatever was used to bind them was not found. There was no apparent forced entry into the house, and investigators believe the killer or killers stayed in the home for several hours, possibly removing clues to his, or their, identity because little evidence was left behind. The killer apparently took nothing of material value, but did take trophies: All of Linda's underclothing was missing from the house as was a large, green suitcase. The DNA profile was entered into the FBI's database.
Located at a dead-end road, directly north of a large park. Easy access to the highway. Several hallmarks of an EAR attack: ideal location, couple, female sexual assault, bludgeoning, bindings, theft of small items. EAR was also known to adjust the thermostat. This incident is rather early compared to the EAR series, and apparently the DNA has been entered into the FBI database. It’s almost like EAR took notes on this attack.