Kathleen Bullman, a 19-year-old Native American woman, was found dead on July 27, 1986, in a brushy area near a railroad warehouse in Minneapolis. Three transients discovered her body. She was found lying on her back wearing only socks; her blouse and bra were pushed up onto her shoulders, a pair of black pants draped over her arm, and bloodstained underwear beneath her.

A three-foot-long metal pipe lay across her throat and a stick or small branch protruded from her vaginal area. The autopsy listed asphyxiation from pressure on the neck as the cause of death, with facial trauma a contributing factor. Examiners reported injuries on the face, neck, and abdomen consistent with the pipe, and the internal exam indicated the stick had penetrated the vaginal wall into the abdominal cavity, suggesting insertion around the time of death.

Investigators linked Bullman’s killing to a series of similar murders of Native American women in the area. Billy Richard Glaze, a drifter with prior convictions including rape, became the prime suspect and was later convicted in the deaths of Bullman, Angeline Whitebird Sweet, and Angela Green; prosecutors described the killings as sexually motivated and involving mutilation, and Glaze received three consecutive life terms. Later DNA testing raised questions about his guilt, and he maintained his innocence until his death in prison.

Did anyone in Minneapolis in 1986 know Kathleen’s routine, places she visited, or see anything near the railroad warehouse that day?