Anne was last seen driving her maroon 1987 Toyota Celica, two-door coupe, Minnesota license: 055 FDB. Her car was found in the parking lot on 1 January 1996 of K-mart at 10 West Lake Street in Minneapolis, unlocked with the keys inside. Anne’s body was found in the trunk of her car at the police forensic garage. She had stab wounds to her head and neck. It’s said that she was stabbed in the trunk of her car and it said it was a personal killing.  Anne had no defensive wounds.  Although Anne’s purse and credit cards were missing, police say there is no evidence of the cards being used since her death. Her wedding and engagement rings also were missing, and police continue to search for them by contacting jewelry dealers and pawnshops.

Police focused on Brad Dunlap as a key suspect. One reason: a $1 million life insurance policy his wife purchased just months before she was murdered.  Also group insurance from Pillsbury for $745,000.   Anne’s parents have stuck up for Brad and believe he is innocent. BTW Brad is remarried and has 2 kids and is living in Scottsdale AZ. His website is below!

Brad told police he last saw Anne at 2:30 when she left her parents’ home in south Minneapolis to go shopping, most likely at the Mall of America. Based on her stomach contents, the medical examiner ruled Anne died about an hour later at 3:30. Brad made his first 911 call at 9 p.m.

From Sgt. David Voss sworn affidavit:
The forensic evidence indicates that the murder of Anne Dunlap occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on December 30, 1995. Dr. Daniel Davis, Assistant Medical Examiner for Hennepin County, conducted an autopsy of Anne Dunlap and concludes that she died between 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on December 30, 1995. The forensic evidence also indicates that the murder of Anne Dunlap occurred in the garage of her parents’ home. This is the home where Anne and Bradley Dunlap were living and where Bradley Dunlap acknowledged that he was on December 30, 1995 from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Forensic evidence indicates that the murder of Anne Dunlap occurred in the garage of her parents’ home because Anne Dunlap’s blood is found in three locations in the garage. Furthermore, there were positive presumptive indicators of blood found in the washtub and lint trap located in the laundry room of Anne Dunlap’s parents’ home. This forensic evidence suggests a clean-up by the murderer.

Brad Dunlap hired Bill O’keefe a private investigator, this is on page 21

This was said to be from a press conference the PI had.

Despite the contention of Minneapolis police that they have no evidence that Anne Barber Dunlap was at the Mall of America the day she disappeared, “several” people say they remember seeing her there, said Bill O’Keefe, a private investigator.
“There is a witness who discussed the fact that Anne was building a house,” O’Keefe told reporters at a news conference Thursday in front of Anne Dunlap’s parents’ house in south Minneapolis. He said one witness could identify the shoes Dunlap was wearing when she disappeared.
“In our minds, it’s very significant {to the investigation},” O’Keefe said. He said police are aware of the witnesses. The body of Anne Dunlap, 31, was found in the trunk of her car Jan. 1. Her husband, Brad Dunlap, reported her missing after she didn’t return from a trip to the Mall of America on Dec. 30.
O’Keefe said he wasn’t contradicting the police, but rather news reports, with his position that Dunlap did go to the mall and not return. Shortly after Dunlap’s body was found, Bloomington Police Chief Bob Lutz said police had not found any evidence of her being at the mall. Lutz couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday night.
Studies have shown that eyewitnesses have often been mistaken in their identifications. The Minneapolis Police Department continues to be tight-lipped about its investigation.

Here is the medical examiners’ report:

The final diagnoses are contained on pages 1 and 2 of the autopsy report. The information which I
considered in forming the final diagnoses is set forth in pages 3 through 10 of the autopsy report.
In addition to the final diagnoses set forth in the autopsy report. I hold these opinions within a
degree of medical certainty:

1) Anne Dunlap exsanguinated in the trunk of her car.
2) The 5-cm injury to the right occiput is consistent with a blunt force blow to her head. She
was probably hit over the right occiput with something broad and flat.
3) I found no evidence of “defensive” wounds to her body. There are no wounds to her
forearms or hands. Either due to positioning or incapacitation. she was apparently unable
to respond to her attacker at the time that the stab wounds were inflicted. No evidence of
restraint was present. There was no evidence that she was in an ordeal or a struggle with
her attacker. There was no forensic evidence of Anne Dunlap being held a prisoner. Her
clothes appeared to be clean except for the blood from her wounds.
4) I found no injury to her vagina or breasts. There was no evidence of a sexual assault. It
was subsequently determined that semen was found in her vagina, but there was no
evidence of forced penetration at the time of autopsy.
5) It is extremely likely that she died during the afternoon of Saturday, December 30, 1995.
It is extremely unlikely that she was killed on Sunday, December 31, 1995. The fragments
of food I found in her stomach at the time of autopsy are consistent with the food items
she was reported to have eaten at the brunch over the noon hour on December 30, 1995. In
addition to food fragments in the stomach, there was a homogeneous green paste in the first part
of the small intestine indicating that she was in the active process of digestion. It is reasonable for someone in good health who has eaten an average-sized meal and with an average rate of motility
that most of the food would have left the stomach within a few hours.

Just some of my notes:

√ Anne’s parents were NOT home at the time Anne went missing. This is according to the timeline Donn and Louise were at their cabin in Annandale, about an hour from Minneapolis.

√ Why did he wait until 8pm to call Donn and Louise in Annandale if she missed a 6pm dinner date with her husband?

√ It was stated she never made it to the MofA, but a pi hired by Dunlap makes different claims.  One person saw her there but did they really?  The witness could identify the shoes she was wearing, what is significant about the shoes she was wearing?  She was wearing black shoes!

√ Weird how everyone in the family cut their hands in the same week that Anne went missing!  And just happened to touch the garage door. And why was there blood residue in the washing machine and also in the lint filter of the drier? I’m guessing those cut hands bled out excessively.

√ What kind of purse did she carry?  Color?  What about her $10k wedding rings?  I’ve seen no pictures of it.  Both are missing!  Was it insured?  For how much?  Easy to toss it all away.

√ The parents want to solve this murder, but they haven’t allowed the police or FBI do their job.  Sounds like they have defended Dunlap as much as possible, and I don’t believe he is innocent [after days of reading files THIS IS MY OPINION!  That doesn’t mean it’s fact!].   If you have ever watched any real murder cases on tv, you know that just because the in-laws and friends say the husband would never do it doesn’t mean he didn’t.  Many are found guilty.

♦ The affidavit by Sgt. David Voss describes the police theory about the murder
♦ Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s letter summarizing the autopsy findings
♦ FBI’s analysis of the case
♦ A crime scene analysis provided by a retired FBI expert for Chubb insurance
♦ A report by Brad Dunlap’s experts disputing the Medical Examiner’s time of death
♦ A report by a Dunlap expert about the blood evidence found in the garage.

Dunlap’s interview with Kare11:

Anne Barber Dunlap’s brother Paul website: Help Find Anne’s Killer(s)!!

Here is a link to a bunch of articles written by the Star Trib written about Anne Barber Dunlap Murder [remember these are articles written by the star tribune. Investigators have stated that they were tired of the unnamed sources. Officials stated much of the information in those reports has been wrong. page 19]

Kare11 Article: KARE 11 Investigates: New details revealed in Dunlap murder mystery

Dunlap vs. Chubb Ins. case file: Dunlap v. Chubb Life Ins. Co. of America

Brad Dunlap in 2018.

Dunlaps website: The Best IRS

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