Murder of Joyce Malecki

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The murder of Joyce Malecki is an unsolved case which occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 11, 1969 in which a 20-year-old office clerk was abducted and murdered before her body was discarded within the Little Patuxent River on the perimeter of Fort Meade. Her body was discovered two days later. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, bludgeoned, stabbed in the throat, then strangled to death. Despite contemporary police efforts, Malecki's murder remained unsolved and the case gradually became cold. The investigation into her murder was renewed following the screening of the 2017 Netflix documentary series The Keepers. In December 2023, Malecki's body was exhumed in efforts to extract DNA evidence from her body in the ongoing effort to identify her murderer or murderers. Malecki's murder has been speculated to have been committed by the same individual responsible for the murder of Catherine Cesnik and/or the murder of up to four other individuals committed within the...

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