Murder of Joyce Malecki
- Year
- 1969
- Where
- Maryland
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The murder of Joyce Malecki is an unsolved case which occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 11, 1969 in which a 20-year-old office clerk was abducted and murdered before her body was discarded within the Little Patuxent River on the perimeter of Fort Meade. Her body was discovered two days later. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, bludgeoned, stabbed in the throat, then strangled to death.
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- Baltimore: The Unsolved Murder of Joyce MaleckiFoul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast · 2019
- Episode 10: Sister Catherine Cesnik and Joyce Malecki: Part 1Unsung Murder Ballads · 2023
- True Crime Episode 6: Sister Catherine Cesnik & Joyce Malecki Part 1True Crimes and Story Times · 2022
- Episode 11: Sister Catherine Cesnik and Joyce Malecki Part 2Unsung Murder Ballads · 2023
- 36: The Unsolved Murder of Joyce MaleckiWho Killed Sister Cathy? · 2019
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