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On the morning of April 28, 1979, 5-year-old Misty Zollars and her two younger brothers, Stephen, 4, and Mark, 2, were murdered after their mother, 23-year-old Terry Lee Chasteen, was abducted from Interstate 465 in Morgan County, Indiana. A man driving a construction truck signaled the family, disabled their car’s ignition coil, then offered them a ride. He drove them to a secluded area near White Lick Creek in Mooresville.

Terry was bound, sexually assaulted, and strangled. The children reportedly ran back when they heard her, and the assailant intercepted and drowned Misty, Stephen, and Mark one by one; all four victims died of asphyxia by drowning or strangulation. Hunters discovered the bodies later that day.

Witnesses identified the suspect’s distinctive truck and description. Steven Timothy Judy was arrested; he confessed, was convicted on four counts of murder after a jury rejected an insanity defense, and received a death sentence. Does anyone have memories of that stretch of Interstate 465 or recall sightings of a construction-style truck in the area that morning?