Jeanette Randall, Julie’s mother, reported her missing under suspicious circumstances. Her apartment was left unlocked, with food still cooking on the stove. Her purse was found there but no notes of where she may have gone. Her dogs were still at her home, unattended, leaving her mother very suspicious of her daughter’s whereabouts.

Donald Louis Bloomer was Julies boyfriend at the time of her death.  He moved out before Julie went missing.  He was questioned at the time she went missing.

Jeanette Randall passed away on 25 August 2003.  Sadly she went to her grave not knowing what happened to Julie!

In 2004 Duluth Detectives re-opened her case on information found in the file that had not been followed up on. Julie’s boyfriend of the time was questioned by Detectives. Pressure put on him caused a confession of an accidental shooting leading to Julie’s demise. Donald Louis Bloomer gave vague information claiming her body had been wrapped in carpet and left in a nearby wooded area.  That area was thoroughly searched, but nothing found.

Bloomer pleaded guilty in 2005 to second-degree manslaughter by culpable negligence with a firearm in the 1980 shooting of the 20-year-old woman. Bloomer said he was aiming the gun at a wall and fired just as Hill walked into the room in front of him.  DuluthTribune

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Information from Julie’s mother about the day she searched for Julie led Police to believe Julie may be buried in the yard of Donald Bloomer. The house was destroyed and razed. Investigators went over the property, digging in several possible places but still no Julie. Without the body but with facts and a confession, Donald Bloomer was arrested and tried for the death of Julie Hill. His sentence was 3 years, releasing him in 2007.

Bloomer received a settlement from the City of Duluth for $20,000.00 for demolishing his house to search for Julie.

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From Cold Case Files:

A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder   Season 4 episode 21

Miss Julie Hill was last seen in Duluth, MN. at her apartment where she lived in July of 1980. Her mother, Jeanette Randall reported her missing on July 18, 1980 under suspicious circumstances. Her apartment was left unlocked, with food still cooking on the stove. Her purse was found there but no notes of where she may have gone. Her dogs were still at her home, unattended, leaving her mother very suspicious of her daughter’s whereabouts.

Duluth Detectives in 2004 re-opened her case on information found in the file that had not been followed up on. Julie’s boyfriend of the time was questioned by Detectives. Pressure put on him caused a confession of an accidental shooting leading to Julie’s demise. Donald Louis Bloomer gave vague information claiming her body had been wrapped in carpet and left in a nearby wooded area… it was thoroughly searched, but nothing found. Information from Julie’s mother about the day she searched for Julie led Police to believe Julie may be buried in the yard of Donald Bloomer. The house was destroyed and razed. Investigators went over the property, digging in several possible places but still no Julie. Without the body but with facts and a confession, Donald Bloomer was arrested and tried for the death of Julie Hill. His sentence was 3 years, releasing him in 2007.

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