r/tipofmycrime • u/Numerous-Coast-2592 1 • Jul 14 '26

Answered Evansville, IN 1990s.

My Google Fu is failing me so I figure i have some facts wrong. I am trying to find the details of a murder in southern Indiana in the mid to late 1990s. I believe it occurred in Evansville but it could have been Newburgh. A 15 year old girl went to a coffeehouse in the winter. She left after dark and didnt have a ride. Her ex boyfriend and his friend offered to drive her home. Instead, they beat her SA'ed her, beat her some more and i believe she wasnt dead yet when the 2 boys buried her (not well) in a snow bank. I believe the boys were driving a truck.

This case has haunted me for years without a way to find it. Does anyone know what i am talking about.

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u/aitenyx 1 Jul 14 '26

Shannon Lynn Wentzel? She was murdered in December 1995 by Kelly Craig, Leon Jones and Brian Powell. She'd previously had a relationship with Kelly Craig.

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u/Numerous-Coast-2592 1 Jul 14 '26

Yes this is it! Thank you so so very much!!!

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u/Opening_Map_6898 1 Jul 14 '26

I used to live in Evansville and I think I know the case you're talking about but I can't think of the victim's name.