Need information on local-ish serial killer!

June 21, 2009 8:21 PM

I'm wondering how to find information regarding a serial killer case that happened about 40 years ago...

Hi, my first post! I'm trying to find out information regarding a serial killer in my metro area named Ivy Tindell from Adrian, Michigan. Apparently he murdered numerous people and buried them under the floor boards, and all over the property. Everyone here knows the story, but I need solid information, not heresay.

I've tried googling, and cannot find any information. I believe the murders happened around the 1970s-1980s. The word is that the attention from the case would have been detrimental to the economy around the area, so I guess there wasn't a lot of media coverage. (That could be complete bullshit.)

Any help or leads in the right direction would be great!

posted by faintly macabre to law & government (5 comments total)

Try searching for Ivory Lee Tindall.
posted by quodlibet at 8:24 PM on June 21 [1 favorite]

quodlibet's search turned up this post, and a 1985 article from the Toledo Blade.

Adrian College, right there in Adrian, Michigan, has a library, and you can e-mail questions to librarians. I bet they'd know where you can find the info. I never knew until I got involved with a librarian how helpful they can be in response to questions like this.
posted by not that girl at 8:58 PM on June 21

If this was a big case in your area, I second the library. We have a famous urban legend murder in our area, and the librarians have a whole folder of articles on it behind the desk.
posted by IndigoRain at 9:39 PM on June 21

Another, more detailed, article from the Toledo Blade, found by googling "ivory tindall adrian murders".
posted by andraste at 9:44 PM on June 21

Thanks you guys, I appreciate the help! All logical answers, if I were to think about it. :)
posted by faintly macabre at 4:40 PM on June 22