New Lead In Tammy Zywicki Case Decades After College Student Kidnapped, Found Dead: Police
Investigators are seeking tips on Theresa “Teri” Belenske, a person of interest, as the FBI offers up to $50,000 for information.
- On Sunday, August 23, Illinois State Police announced a new lead in the 1992 kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki, who disappeared while driving from the Chicago suburbs to Grinnell College in Iowa.
- Zywicki vanished on August 23, 1992, near mile marker 83 on Interstate 80; her 1985 White Pontiac T1000 was found abandoned, and her body was discovered stabbed to death in rural Missouri nine days later.
- Investigators identified Theresa 'Teri' Belenske as a person of interest; she was known to hitchhike and may have traveled with the unidentified truck driver seen near Zywicki's vehicle before dying in 2014.
- Authorities are examining about 200 pieces of evidence using modern DNA technology, while the FBI continues to offer a $50,000 reward for information identifying those responsible for the murder.
- Officials released a 2009 photo and an AI-generated image of Belenske to generate leads. Anyone with information is asked to contact Illinois State Police or the FBI.
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Usa news1992 kidnapping and murder case remains active as authorities seek person of interest
Tammy Zywicki was last seen with her broken-down car in LaSalle County on Aug. 23, 1992, after dropping off her brother at Northwestern and on her way to college in Iowa. A week later, she was found stabbed to death in rural Missouri. Investigators are now seeking information about a woman who may have been hitchhiking with a truck driver seen near where Zywicki disappeared.
ISP seeks information on person of interest in kidnapping, murder of Tammy Zywicki 34 years ago
Thirty-four years after a Chicago-area woman was kidnapped and murdered on her way to college in Iowa, Illinois State Police are searching for information about woman who may have interacted with a suspect.
Investigators exploring new lead in 1992 abduction, murder of student
More than three decades after a college student was kidnapped and murdered while driving along an Illinois highway, state police said Sunday they are exploring a new lead in the case.
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