Trisha Meredith Homicide - Indiana

[LadyBlue]

When a man was murdered at the Springhill Apartments on Indianapolis’ northwest side recently, it brought back chilling memories to Brandon Meredith because that’s where his sister was killed 25 years ago.

[glow=red,2,300]Trisha Meredith,[/glow] 19, was stabbed to death inside a laundry room at the apartments on April 7, 1986.

"They had no clues. There was no murder weapon found," said Meredith who said he was amazed there were no eyewitnesses. "You stab somebody 20 times, you’re going to have blood all over you and with these big picture windows that they have, somebody had to have seen something."

Meredith thinks his sister was fighting off a sexual assault. She had moved into the apartment complex, her first home away from home, just two weeks earlier.

"Nobody got arrested. People got questioned quite a bit but nothing came about."

Meredith convinced IMPD’s cold case squad to take a second look at the murder. The original detective is still on the job.

"As far as DNA goes, DNA wasn’t even a big thing back in ’86," Meredith said. "With this new advance in fingerprint technology and DNA there is hope. There is hope out there."

Meredith said his sister’s killing tore his family apart and he believes it led to his mother’s premature death a year later. He’s trying to raise money to place billboards on the west side of Indianapolis to draw attention to his sister’s case and other unsolved murders from the 1980s.
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[LadyBlue]

I would like to know why this girl isn't on the unsolved homicide list for Indiana.

This case sounds to me like an overkill situation, stabbed 24 times and her throat was slit inside a laundry room at an apartment complex that was very busy probably at all times of the day and night.

I've been looking for other cases that may be connected. I'll be working on this one.

[LadyBlue]

Sex Offenders Indianapolis Indiana
www.city-data.com/so/so-Indianapolis-Indiana.html

[LadyBlue]

Where were these sex offenders living in 1986?

Joe Ellis Kendrick
Address: 2216 W 59th St
Zip code: 46228
Crime: Rape
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 53
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Height: 5' 09
Weight: 190
Race: Black
Conviction date: 1986-03-01

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John Albert Dalton
Address: 4760 Pennwood Dr
Zip code: 46205
Crime: Child Molesting Child Molesting
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 63
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Gray Or Partially Gray
Height: 6' 01
Weight: 280
Race: White
Conviction date: 1986-12-30

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Larry Dewayne Brantley
Address: 4806 E Washington St Apt 6
Zip code: 46201
Crime: Rape
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 50
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Height: 5' 09
Weight: 198
Race: Black
Conviction date: 1986-07-01

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Lee Wayne Oliphant
Address: 1223 Saint Paul St
Zip code: 46203
Crime: Rape Criminal Deviate Conduct Sexual Battery
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 64
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Height: 6' 00
Weight: 160
Race: White
Conviction date: 1986-09-25

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Ralph E Anderson
Address: 3915 Boulevard Pl
Zip code: 46208
Crime: Mi - Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 61
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Height: 5' 05
Weight: 200
Race: White
Conviction date: 1986-10-02

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Steven Allen Douglas
Address: 1321 N Meridian St Apt 508
Zip code: 46202
Crime: Criminal Deviate Conduct Rape
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 47
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Height: 5' 06
Weight: 130
Race: Black
Conviction date: 1986-09-02

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Jeffrey Lee Montgomery
Address: 2418 Pennsylvania St Apt B
Zip code: 46407
Crime: Murder
Sex: Male
Date of birth: 50
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Height: 5' 08
Weight: 155
Race: Black
Conviction date: 1986-05-15

[LadyBlue]

Questions to be answered:

1. Was Trisha seeing anyone at the time of her murder? I read that she did have a boyfriend and he was the one to find her. Was there anyone that the family knew of that wanted to date her?

2. From what I've read this was a rage killing. Was she indeed hidden inside the laundrymat?? If so, then the person who did this was close to her in some way.

3. Did Law Enforcement check all Sex Offenders living close to the Springhill Apartment complex?

4. What did the coroners report say about the stab wounds? What type of knife was used? Was it a military type weapon?

5. Was Trisha's phone records looked at, both incoming and outgoing calls?

6. Was her boyfriend throughly looked into?

7. Where did Trisha work? What shifts?

I will be continuing with questions because possibly if some of them are answered then it might point us and the public in some direction.

[LadyBlue]

Cold case: Westside homicide remains unsolved 25 years later


INDIANAPOLIS — Building number one sits among a group of apartments, right off of I-465 North and just to the left of the Springhill Apartments leasing office here on the westside of Indianapolis.

Building number one is a laundry room with a bay window that looks out onto part of the property. What’s unique about the building is the secret it holds.

On April 7, 1986, 19-year-old Trisha Meredith was doing laundry on her afternoon off. She had moved into Springhill Apartments just two weeks prior.

Someone came in behind her, stabbed her 24 times and cut her throat. The killer then apparently walked out of the laundry room undetected and disappeared.

Her boyfriend later discovered her body stuffed into a narrow closet in the laundry room.

Police at the time questioned neighbors, but no one seemed to have seen anyone or anything unusual, despite the bay window.

Trisha’s brother Brandon, who was 12 at the time, said that to his knowledge people were right outside in the parking lot at the time of the murder.

Yet in 25 years, no one has come forward with any information on the crime or the killer.

“As much blood that was around, we don’t see how somebody got out without being noticed,” Brandon Meredith said.

He said his sister was buried on his 13th birthday.

“It wrecked my whole family,” he said.

Just a year later, he said his mother died of a heart attack. He believes that was fueled by a broken heart.

Meredith is frustrated that his sister’s killer is still out there and is hoping that after all these years someone will finally come forward.

“Somebody saw something,” he said. “I think back then somebody was afraid to say something.”

The cold case unit within the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) has re-opened Trisha’s case and said it is an active and ongoing investigation.

“Basically, we’re interested in all cases,” IMPD Sgt. Mark Albert said. “Murder’s wrong no matter who the victim is. Here’s a case that stuck out because she’s an innocent victim.”

Meredith said his sister was known for being assertive. He believes her killer made a pass at her and when rebuffed, became angry and killed her.

“I can’t see anybody who knew her wanting to hurt her,” he said.

Detectives working the case have remained tight-lipped and refuse to disclose whether any new suspects or physical evidence have turned up. Albert said old suspects will be revisited and old paths will be retraced.

“Sometimes if you go and re-contact someone, there’s a chance you’ll learn more,” he said. “Allegiances change. Sometimes people just don’t come forward. You have to go and ask them.”

Meredith says he doesn’t know what’s going on with the case.

“I don’t know what they have,” he said. “I don’t know if I have anything to look forward to.”

Meredith said detectives did tell him that advances in fingerprint technology and DNA testing lend hope to this case. He’s counting on that to help catch his sister’s killer.

He has created a Facebook page dedicated to helping locate the killer. For now, he and older sister Dena wait for the call that will once again change their lives. They also try to shield their children from the tragedy.

“It breaks your heart when you hear about it,” Meredith said. “Especially when it’s your own family.”

Anyone with information on the homicide of Trisha Meredith is asked to call the IMPD Cold Case Unit at 327-3475 or 327-3068.
tinyurl.com/3kletmx

[LadyBlue]

[glow=red,2,300]Springhill Apartments[/glow]

[glow=red,2,300]Laundry Room[/glow]

[LadyBlue]

[glow=red,2,300]Brandon Meredith - Mother & Sisters grave[/glow]

[LadyBlue]

[glow=red,2,300]Trsha's Facebook[/glow]

www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Find-The-Person-Who-Murdered-Trisha-Kay-Meredith-April-7th-1986/181620601887220

[LadyBlue]

Man arrested in stabbing death of estranged wife


BROWNSBURG, Ind. — In the last minutes of Father’s Day, police believe, a Brownsburg man violently stabbed his estranged wife to death.

The couple’s two daughters, ages 8 and 12, slept with their mother as the attack began before midnight Sunday. The girls ran and escaped injury, police said.

“Daddy stabbed Mommy,” one of the girls said in a 911 call after her father left early Monday. They hid in a closet about 20 minutes, police said.

Joseph L. Warnock, 41, is charged with murder in the death of Angela A. Warnock, 38. He was arrested about 9 p.m. Monday north of Brownsburg and taken to Hendricks County Jail in Danville.

Detectives said [glow=red,2,300]Angela Warnock was stabbed many times[/glow]. Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Charles Morefield described injuries to her arms as “defensive wounds, like she tried to resist.”

“This looked like a crime of passion,” he said.

A judge had ordered Joseph Warnock to stay away from the family home in the 10400 block of Splendor Way in the Eagle Crossing subdivision, about a half-mile west of 56th Street and Raceway Road on the Hendricks-Marion county line.

Shortly before midnight, Warnock parked in a church lot about a quarter-mile from the home, walked through farm fields and broke in the patio door, investigators believe. [glow=red,2,300]He stabbed his wife with a steak knife, a weapon he apparently took to the house,[/glow] detectives said.

Police and their dogs tracked Warnock to the church lot but didn’t find him during a search around Eagle Creek Park and nearby areas on the Northwestside of Indianapolis.

Sheriff’s officials said a caller reported seeing a man matching Warnock’s description sitting next to a utility box in the 10500 block of East County Road 600 North — about a quarter-mile from the Warnock home.

An off-duty officer working night security at Eagle Crossing arrested Warnock without incident, sheriff’s officials said.

“Our officers recognized him immediately,” Morefield said. “He just put his hands in the air and gave up.”

Warnock was shirtless and wearing shorts and tennis shoes. He was dirty and had light scratches on his body — the kind that might come from running through twigs, Morefield said.

Joseph Warnock filed for divorce Friday, the same day a court hearing discussed extending a protective order for Angela Warnock and the girls.

In a court document, Angela Warnock had asked for the family home. She had planned to take the daughters to live with her family in Hawaii within a few days.

Joseph Warnock had asked the court to prevent her from taking the children from Indiana, according to another document.

Angela Warnock had filed for the protective order in May. Neighbors said Joseph Warnock jogged through the Eagle Crossing neighborhood in recent days, though the protective order required him to stay away.

Angela Warnock — “Angie” to friends — worked at a Brownsburg beauty salon. Friends said she was active in her girls’ education, and both parents enjoyed sports with their children. Joseph Warnock sells tanning beds, and he coached a daughter’s basketball team.

[glow=red,2,300]Both graduated from Ben Davis High School. Joseph Warnock ran cross country and graduated in 1986. [/glow]Angela Warnock, a 1988 grad, participated in track and field.
tinyurl.com/3m27335

mothersoflostchildren.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/crime-of-passion-no-it-was-murder/

mothersoflostchildren.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/he-swore-hed-never-hurt-her/

[LadyBlue]

Angela Warnock said she was afraid, calling her husband an alcoholic and a cocaine addict. She told the judge of verbal abuse, irrational behavior and unexplained disappearances for days at a time. She testified that the preliminary court order hadn’t stopped her husband from stalking the family with up to 18 phone calls a day, gifts and cards, text messages and flowers. “The man knows no boundary,” Angela Warnock testified. “He knows no rules.

[LadyBlue]

[glow=red,2,300]Warnock testified that he was getting counseling for his addictions, and “90 percent of the time in the last 10 years, I’ve been clean.”[/glow]

[LadyBlue]

I'm praying that DNA evidence was saved in Trisha's files because they are going to need to find a match for this case to be solved. If anyone has any information, please go to Law Enforcement ASAP and give this family some peace

[LadyBlue]

The Doe Network:
[glow=red,2,300]Case File 262DFIN [/glow]

Denise Diane Pflum
Missing since March 28, 1986 from Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana.
Classification: Involuntary

Circumstances of Disappearance

Pflum left her family's home in Connersville, Indiana on March 28, 1986.

She was going to retrieve a purse she thought she may have left at a party the previous night.

No word of her whereabouts has been heard since a girl friend saw her at 14.00 that day at a Fashion Bug Store in Connersville.
A farmer found her car locked and abandoned later that day.

Several agencies gathered using a canine and air search but no trace of Denise was found. Foul play is suspected.
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Investigators

If you have any information concerning Pflum's whereabouts, please contact:
Fayette County Sheriff's Department
765-825-0535
All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.
www.doenetwork.org/cases/262dfin.html

[LadyBlue]

The Doe Network:
[glow=red,2,300]Case File 299DFIN[/glow]

Wendy Louise Felton
Missing since June 4, 1987 from Marion, Grant County, Indiana.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Circumstances of Disappearance
Felton's sister drove their parents to the airport on June 4, 1987. When she returned to the family's Marion, Indiana home, Felton had disappeared.

She disappeared between 14:00 - 17:00.
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Investigators
If you have any information concerning Felton's whereabouts, please contact:
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Lt. John Cooke
765-662-9864 ext. 212
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.

Agency Case Number: 87-2180
www.doenetwork.org/cases/299dfin.html

[brandonmeredith]

Aug 15, 2011 12:46:35 GMT -5 LadyBlue said:

I would like to know why this girl isn't on the unsolved homicide list for Indiana.

This case sounds to me like an overkill situation, stabbed 24 times and her throat was slit inside a laundry room at an apartment complex that was very busy probably at all times of the day and night.

I've been looking for other cases that may be connected. I'll be working on this one.

[brandonmeredith]

Aug 15, 2011 17:48:01 GMT -5 LadyBlue said:

Questions to be answered:

1. Was Trisha seeing anyone at the time of her murder? I read that she did have a boyfriend and he was the one to find her. Was there anyone that the family knew of that wanted to date her?

2. From what I've read this was a rage killing. Was she indeed hidden inside the laundrymat?? If so, then the person who did this was close to her in some way.

3. Did Law Enforcement check all Sex Offenders living close to the Springhill Apartment complex?

4. What did the coroners report say about the stab wounds? What type of knife was used? Was it a military type weapon?

5. Was Trisha's phone records looked at, both incoming and outgoing calls?

6. Was her boyfriend throughly looked into?

7. Where did Trisha work? What shifts?

I will be continuing with questions because possibly if some of them are answered then it might point us and the public in some direction.

There is only so much I can tell you. Trish had no phone in the 80's Her b/f was grilled to the T and passes all there test. Trish worked @ liebermans int. the police conducted 1000's of interviews. They did what they could with the best technology they had. I didn not read the coroners I was only 12

[LadyBlue]

Hi Brandon, and welcome. Your sisters case has me in a tizzy. I know that you aren't able to answer many of my questions, but in working with the origional police officer who worked on Trisha's case, he would know if any sex offenders lived in the apartment complex. Anyone living there that had a history or domestic violence, etc.

If he isn't aware that they looked into any sex offenders then I'm wondering if there would be a record that the apartment complex kept from back then, to relook at that angle. Was anyone arrested in or around the same area close to Trisha's murder date?

I've been researching many angles, and the one that has me most stumped is that this monster was able to get into the laundry room, stab Trisha 24 times, cut her throat, attempt to hide her body with all that blood everywhere, and just walk out like nothing happened. How does one do that, unless they brought another set of clothing or wore Trisha's?

Could this has been a woman that we should be looking for instead of a man? And to stab someone 24 times is overkill, anger and rage. Did law enforcement ever look into woman offenders in this situation?

[LadyBlue]

I also wanted to say that I am soooo sorry for your loss Brandon. I can not imagine something like this happening to anyone in my family, although I've had more than my share of hearbreak and pain, which is why Trisha's case has gotten to me like it has.

There was a 13 year old girl from the east side of Indy who was murdered, her name is Dawn Stuard, and the suspects are still alive, a father and son, last name Reese. Have they been looked at all for Trisha's murder, if you know?
www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1366159

[LadyBlue]

Brandon, I am attempting to reach out to all cold case and also any facebook missing persons to get Trisha's story out there, just in case other jurisdictions may have similar cases.

If only I knew how to use facebook better, oy.

[LadyBlue]

I've just been notified that I'm posting spam on other websites, ones that I think are relevant to the areas or locations that may be able to help in missing persons and cold case homicides. I'm not certain that I fully understand, but at this point, it is what it is. How else do we get the word out, if not on Law Enforcement facebooks?

[Brandon Meredith]

Aug 19, 2011 14:15:53 GMT -5 LadyBlue said:

I've just been notified that I'm posting spam on other websites, ones that I think are relevant to the areas or locations that may be able to help in missing persons and cold case homicides. I'm not certain that I fully understand, but at this point, it is what it is. How else do we get the word out, if not on Law Enforcement facebooks?

Spam is something you are trying to sell something what you are doing is trying to bring hope to broken families

[LadyBlue]

Well that's what I thought. I couldn't care less if anyone signs up here, this website is free for me to use, and I only use it for families that need info. I don't understand it, and maybe someone could explain to me how I posted a beautiful young woman death as spam. I'm really upset about this.

[LadyBlue]

I would think that any law enforcement agency that has their own facebook, is not all a feel good site, it should be any and all info from murders or missing persons around the county, or am I crazy?

[brandonmeredith]

This is a before and after of where Trish died. as you can see how small that closet is where he shoved her in and killed her.