US EditionKey Evidence Unaccounted for in 1984 Gravel Pit Slaying
- Kelly Robinson, a 22-year-old Sioux Falls resident, was found dead by a family hiking near a remote Luverne gravel pit pond on Memorial Day weekend 1984.
- Her death occurred under suspicious conditions, prompting law enforcement to quickly suspect foul play, especially since the location where her body was found could only be reached by navigating through about 100 yards of dense, overgrown vegetation.
- Investigators learned two witnesses saw Robinson leave a bar with a man in a Ford Torino, who later was identified as a person serving a 200-year sentence for violent sexual assaults in South Dakota.
- Robinson died of asphyxiation with defensive wounds indicating resistance, but no direct evidence links the sentenced man to her death, and crucial items like a pair of missing canvas shoes near the shoreline remain unaccounted for.
- The case remains open with active help from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, but investigators acknowledge challenges in confirming evidence location and the crime's likely occurrence outside Rock County.
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Key evidence unaccounted for in 1984 slaying of Sioux Falls woman
LUVERNE, Minn. — A pair of canvas shoes discovered along the shoreline of the rural Luverne gravel pit pond where Kelly Robinson’s body was discovered in 1984 are missing. The 22-year-old Sioux Falls resident’s body was discovered on Memorial Day weekend by a family hiking in the remote area. The family first spotted her shoes, tossed along the pond’s shoreline. Minutes later, they saw the body of a woman floating in the pond The shoes, at this …
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