Corinne Perry was last seen at the Highlander Laundromat on April 17, 1983. Her car was left abandoned in the laundromat parking lot, with her clothes folded neatly inside of it. Days later, her purse was found miles away on a bridge. Despite multiple witnesses saying a man -- about 6 feet tall, with a medium build and medium-length brown hair, clean shaven, and wearing glasses -- followed Corinne out of the laundromat, there was no sign of him or her.
Her remains were discovered a mile from where her purse was found over a year later, and to this day, her murder remains unsolved.
If you have any information on the murder of Corinne Perry, please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010, email dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us, or contact the Creston Police Department at (641) 782-8402.
SOURCES
- Cavallier, Andrea, April 10, 2020, Woman still searching for justice in her sister Corinne Perry’s murder nearly 40 years after she was killed after leaving Iowa Laundromat, NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/woman-still-searching-justice-sister-corinne-perry-s-murder-nearly-n1181291
- Shaw, Bob, Sep 18, 1984, Call about missing daughter mystifies, unnerves Iowa mother, The Des Moines Register
- Lamberto, Nick, May 3, 1983, Witness sought in girl’s disappearance, The Des Moines Register
- Santiago, Frank, July 3, 1983, Creston folks gather to find young woman who is missing, The Des Moines Register
- Raffensperger, Gene, Feb 6, 1984, Search goes on for girl missing nearly 10 months, The Des Moines Register
- Santiago, Frank, Nov 5, 1984, Officers seek Corinne Perry’s cause of death, The Des Moines Register
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