In December of 1997, a 23-year-old woman went out to a bowling alley with friends to celebrate finals week and a recent promotion. But after a fun, seemingly uneventful evening, she disappeared without a trace along with her car. She was missing for a whole month before her body was found during the search for someone else. This is the murder of Laney Gwinner.
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CASE SOURCES
1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10337247/alana-jane-gwinner
2. The Journal News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/445125406/?terms=laney%20gwinner&match=1
3. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/26/retired-detective-shares-new-details-unsolved-murder-laney-gwinner/
4. Give Me Hope, Bring Me Home Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/1427111610893392/photos/5-young-females-missing-or-murdered-cincinnati-oh-area1-katelyn-markham-fairfiel/1604813896456495/
5. Justice for Alana Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/38837478756/
6. CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/20/grace.coldcase.gwinner/index.html
9. The Clermont Sun: https://www.clermontsun.com/2022/07/06/the-unsolved-homicide-of-university-of-cincinnati-college-student-alana-gwinner
10. Web Sleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-alana-laney-gwinner-23-fairfield-10-dec-1997.27739/
11. The Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/news/crime--law/unsolved-cases-weigh-police-officers/1P8UZNzaoevDlAmgx41D6K/
12. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/erica-lee-fraysure
13. The Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/crime/what-will-it-take-to-solve-the-katelyn-markham-mystery-after-11-years/YHWQ2WRCOJAKNDNUUHK3XS6IXM/
14. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/story/23721165/police-identify-womans-remains-found-alongside-sb-1-75/
15. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/2020/07/28/man-indicted-connection-with-paige-johnsons-death-disappearance-2/
16. Bill Warner PI: http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2021/01/unsolved-murders-in-heartland-of.html
17. AMW Forum: https://amwfans.com/thread/3130/unknown-misty-gwinner-killer-kentucky
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