MN MN - Cindy Elias, 19, Virginia, 24 March 1977

40 Years Later, One of Minnesota’s Oldest Cold Cases Remains Unsolved
by RACHAEL TROST

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold...minnesota-s-oldest-cold-cases-remains-n741796

"...The last time Cindy was seen was in the early hours of March 24, 1977. The 19-year-old was out with friends at a bar in Virginia, Minnesota. Around 12:30 a.m., a witness reportedly saw her looking for a ride home and mentioning that she may head out to hitchhike.

Several hours later, her badly beaten body was discovered under a pile of brush off a logging road about eight miles north of Aurora, a nearly half hour drive away from the bar where she was last seen. According to St. Louis County officials, she had suffered multiple traumatic injuries to her head.

Whoever killed Cindy is thought to have had knowledge of the area because of where her body was found, officials said..."

[BBODY OF 1977 RANGE MURDER VICTIM, CINDY ELIAS, EXHUMED FROM HER SAND LAKE CEMETERY GRAVE][/B]

"Authorities have exhumed the body of a 1977 Iron Range murder victim from her grave at the Sand Lake Cemetery."

http://www.virginiamn.com/news/body...cle_1fb0d081-d255-5903-9ac6-cf9ba19cb026.html

Can anyone tell me if Joseph Ture had an alibi for the night Cindy Joy Elias was murdered? It fits his timeline in Minnesota for his murder spree

40 Years Later, One of Minnesota’s Oldest Cold Cases Remains Unsolved

"It's one of Minnesota's oldest cold cases; the murder of teen Cindy Joy Elias.

And as of last week, her killer has been walking free for 40 years.

"I would just like to know why she was killed," Judy Edwards, Cindy's sister, recently told local television station WDIO. "What made somebody think they could actually do something like that?"

The last time Cindy was seen was in the early hours of March 24, 1977. The 19-year-old was out with friends at a bar in Virginia, Minnesota. Around 12:30 a.m., a witness reportedly saw her looking for a ride home and mentioning that she may head out to hitchhike.

Several hours later, her badly beaten body was discovered under a pile of brush off a logging road about eight miles north of Aurora, a nearly half hour drive away from the bar where she was last seen. According to St. Louis County officials, she had suffered multiple traumatic injuries to her head..."

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold...minnesota-s-oldest-cold-cases-remains-n741796



(Cindy Elias- St. Louis County Sheriff's Office)

I don't see anywhere that a sexual assault was reported-did I miss that? Looking for DNA makes it seem so although there are other reasons to look for such.

(Above photo credit: kdal610.com via CBS-3 Minnesota)

From kdal610.com:

Virginia, MN (KDAL) - One of Minnesota’s oldest cold cases is forty years old on Friday. It has been that long since the unsolved murder of Cindy Joy Elias of Virginia.

The 19-year-old Elias was found murdered on the morning of March 24th in 1977 off of a logging road approximately eight miles north of Aurora. She was found under a pile of brush. Initial investigations revealed she died as a result of multi-traumatic injuries to the head.

Elias was last seen in a local bar in Virginia at approximately 12:30 a.m. She was looking for a ride home and mentioned she was going to hitch hike. It is believed the person or persons responsible are local people who are familiar with the area where she was found.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s office is requesting anyone with information about this case to contact them at 218.749.7134 or 218.742.9825. A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

kdal610.com/news/articles/2017/mar/23/forty-year-old-murder-remains-unsolved/

STANDREID said:

I don't see anywhere that a sexual assault was reported-did I miss that? Looking for DNA makes it seem so although there are other reasons to look for such.

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That was my question, is there DNA of any sort....

43 years ago...

Cindy Joy Elias, 19, Murdered 24 March 1977





Cindy Joy Elias
BIRTH 17 Dec 1957
St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 24 Mar 1977 (aged 19)
St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
BURIAL
Sand Lake Chapel Cemetery
Britt, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Up to $50,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the murder of Cindy Joy Elias

Cindy Joy Elias, 19, was found murdered on the morning of March 24, 1977 off a logging road approximately eight miles north of Aurora, MN. Elias was found buried under a pile of brush at the scene, and initial investigations revealed she died as a result of multi-traumatic injuries to the head.

Elias was last seen in Virginia, MN at a local bar at approximately 12:30 a.m. A witness says Elias was looking for a ride home and had mentioned she was going to hitchhike. Police believe the perpetrator or perpetrators are local people who were familiar with the area where she was found.

Anyone with information about this case is requested to contact:

St. Louis County Sheriff's office at (218)749-6010
or the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension,
Cold Case Homicide Unit at 1-888-234-3692

LINK:
Cindy Joy Elias (1957-1977) - Find A Grave...

New leads sought in 1977 homicide near Aurora | kare11.com

AURORA, Minnesota — The calendar pages turn, but those who loved Cindy Joy Elias do not forget.

Elias was just 19 years old on March 24, 1977, when her body was discovered off a remote logging road about eight miles north of Aurora, a town in the heart of Minnesota's Iron Range. She had been buried under a pile of brush, and an autopsy revealed that she died of traumatic injuries to her head.

A witness told detectives at the time that Elias was last seen alive at a bar in the community of Virginia, looking for a ride home. She reportedly mentioned that she was going to hitchhike.

The person responsible for killing Cindy Joy Elias has never been publicly identified or charged and now, 45 years later, investigators are trying to throw some heat on a very cold case.

On Tuesday the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension (BCA) Cold Case Unit put out a plea asking anyone who knows anything about Cindy's death or the person responsible to step forward.

"Please bring closure to the family and friends of Cindy Joy Elias and bring those responsible for this crime to justice," the sheriff's office conveyed in a news release sent to media outlets.

Investigators often say cold cases are often solved by changing relationships, loyalty that fades over time and guilt that takes a person toll on someone with direct knowledge of a crime.

St. Louis County investigators are asking those who may know who is responsible for the death of Cindy Joy Elias to call 218-749-7134.