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Elizabeth Drews was a 17-year-old Caucasian female who disappeared from the Chicago suburbs in 1977. Four months after she went missing, her body was found in a wooded area near Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. The circumstances of her death were initially unclear and the case remained unsolved for years.

Investigators later linked her murder to Bruce Lindahl, a serial killer active in Chicago suburbs between 1974 and 1981. Lindahl was suspected in numerous killings and sexual assaults; authorities connected him to at least some decades-old cases through DNA testing done after his death in 1981. He was never formally charged with Drews’ murder during his lifetime.

The case record indicates the evidence points toward Lindahl as the likely perpetrator, but no conviction was obtained. Does anyone have memories or information about Elizabeth’s disappearance or the area around Benedictine University in 1977 that could add detail?