The WVU Coed Murders // 275

In January of 1970, two freshman students at West Virginia University disappeared while hitchhiking after seeing a movie. While police originally thought the girls may have run away, suspicious letters began to arrive that suggested otherwise. After their beheaded bodies were found, police began a relentless search to find their ruthless killer. But so far, all they’ve gotten is a false confession. These are the unsolved murders of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-040100151.html

2. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36755693/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1

3. Karen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81833523/karen-lynn-ferrell

4. Mared's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81832990/mared-ellen-malarik

5. Paterson News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532822561/?terms=mared%20malarik%20bride&match=2

6. Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/now/wvu-coed-murders-one-set-040100027.html

7. Beckley Post-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/15803095/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1

8. Rootsweb: https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/189102/I43892/karen-ferrell/individual

9. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36758916/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

10. Beckley Post Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/47827353/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

11. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786053/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1

12. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786020/?terms=mared%20malarik%20%22purse%22&match=1

13. The Herald News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/527298105/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

14. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786043/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY0Nzg2MDQzLCJpYXQiOjE2NzQ2NzY1MjEsImV4cCI6MTY3NDc2MjkyMX0.VkKCsTBhUsuUkZtHvBoUh3kGd94XQ99bBWsHVtuvvCg

15. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786063/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1

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