Mary Kathleen Schlais, 25 was an artist and honors grad from the University of Minnesota when she was murdered on 15 February 1974. Mary had planned on going to an art show in Chicago, but she never made it.
Mary was found just outside of Eau Claire Wisconsin in 1974. She was hitchhiking from Minneapolis to Chicago the day after Valentine’s Day. Her body was found several hours later in a snow bank off a rural road 90 miles away in Dunn County, Wisconsin. According to the medical examiner’s report, Mary had been stabbed more than a dozen times.
A witness called the police to say he saw a man drop off her body and then take off. Her purse and coat were never found. The former Dunn County sheriff says a witness saw a man take her body out of a trunk and drag it to the side of the road on 408th Avenue. That’s near Elk Lake about 4 miles west of Eau Claire.
Seems the case kept running dry.
Mary’s body was exhumed in 2009. Two DNA profiles were retrieved from Mary. They could not rule out Randall Woodfield. Never heard of Randall Woodfield? He was an NFL pick for the Greenbay Packers. He was drafted in 1974 and let go pre-season. He stayed in Wisconsin and was picked up by the semi-pro Manitowoc Chiefs, but he was let go at the end of the season. Still nothing? Have you heard of the California I-5 killer? The I-5 killer went prowling from northern California to northern Washington. Woodfield has been linked to at least 44 murders and 60 rapes in an 8-month spree from 1980-81. He went to trial for the murder and rape of Shari Hull and the attempted murder and rape of Beth Wilmot in Oregon. He shot both in the back of the head, and Beth survived. He was found guilty. You can read more here: Oxygen: I-5 Killer
Could A Notorious Serial Killer Be Responsible For This 1974 Cold Case?
This video was provided to 1FromTheRock1 by Mary’s brother and the Dunn county Sheriff!
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