IN IN - Trisha Meredith, 19, Indianapolis, 7 April 1986

June 26, 2013, IndyStar

Trisha Kay Meredith

The Crime

Trisha Kay Meredith, 19, was found dead April 7, 1986, stabbed more than 20 times. She was killed in the laundry building of the Spring Hill Apartments, 4500 block of Glenarm Drive on Indianapolis’ Northwestside. She was not raped, but the condition of her clothes indicated the killer might initially have intended to rape her.

Tricia and her boyfriend, David Fain, had moved into the complex about a week before her slaying.

The couple had taken clothes to the laundry area about 6 p.m. and loaded a washer together. Fain then returned to their apartment and spoke to a relative by phone. About 6:45 p.m., he returned to the laundry building and found Tricia dead.

Their laundry, police said at the time, had been moved from the washer to the dryer. The washer cycle of the machines there took 25 to 30 minutes, narrowing the time of the murder to about a 10- to 15-minute window.
The weather was nice that day, and people had been outside at the time, including a group hitting golf balls nearby. They told police they had heard screams — but apparently had not thought someone was in distress. They had not tried to find out what was happening, nor did they call police.

No one reported having seen anyone running away.

Tricia was wearing a silver wristwatch on her left arm, a gold ring with a heart on her left fourth finger, a “delicate gold necklace” and pierced earrings with white, pink and red hearts, according to the autopsy report.
She had on sneakers, white shorts and a red T-shirt that read, “You have come a long way, baby!”

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If you know something:

Call Strode or Sgt. Dave Ellison at (317) 327-3426. Anyone who wants to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS.

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By Courtney Essett CNHI
August 1, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS — Building number one sits among a group of apartments, right off of I-465 North and just to the left of the Springhill Apartments leasing office here on the westside of Indianapolis.

Building number one is a laundry room with a bay window that looks out onto part of the property. What’s unique about the building is the secret it holds.

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Trisha’s brother Brandon, who was 12 at the time, said that to his knowledge people were right outside in the parking lot at the time of the murder.

Yet in 25 years, no one has come forward with any information on the crime or the killer.

“As much blood that was around, we don’t see how somebody got out without being noticed,” Brandon Meredith said.

He said his sister was buried on his 13th birthday.

“It wrecked my whole family,” he said.

Just a year later, he said his mother died of a heart attack. He believes that was fueled by a broken heart.

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Anyone with information on the homicide of Trisha Meredith is asked to call the IMPD Cold Case Unit at 327-3475 or 327-3068.

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Chicago Tribune
August 9, 2011

Meredith convinced IMPD’s cold case squad to take a second look at the murder. The original detective is still on the job.

"As far as DNA goes, DNA wasn’t even a big thing back in ’86," Meredith said. "With this new advance in fingerprint technology and DNA there is hope. There is hope out there."

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