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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Glensheen_MurdersGlensheen murders - Wikipedia

    Glensheen murders. The Glensheen murders were the murders of Elisabeth Mannering Congdon and her night nurse Velma Pietila on June 27, 1977, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, at the Glensheen Historic Estate. [1] The motive was initially thought to be robbery, but soon the authorities began to suspect Congdon's son-in-law Roger Caldwell and adopted ...

  2. thecinemaholic.com › elisabeth-congdonElisabeth Congdon Murder: Where Are Roger Caldwell and ...

    Apr 27, 2024 · Image Credit: Kay/Find a Grave. In 1977, the luxurious 22-acre estate of the Congdons in Duluth, Minnesota, became the site of two tragic and brutal murders of millionaire Elisabeth Congdon and her caretaker Velma Pietila. Given the wealth of Elisabeth, the police had quite a few suspects in their list who could have had a motive for the killing.

  3. www.duluthnewstribune.com › news › localGlensheen murders occurred 45 years ago - Duluth News Tribune

    Jun 27, 2022 · Elisabeth Congdon and Velma Pietila were killed June 27, 1977. The stairwell where Velma Pietila was killed at Glensheen on June 27, 1977 is taped off as police investigate and process the crime ...

  4. bringmethenews.com › minnesota-lifestyle › theThe murder at Glensheen that you've never heard of

    Feb 27, 2019 · In a quite remarkable coincidence, the killing happened on June 27, 1880 – 97 years to the day before Elizabeth Congdon and Velma Pietila died. Before Chester Congdon built his mansion in 1909, the grounds of what would become the Glensheen estate was in the hands of another prominent family, the Tischers. Urs and Elizabeth Tischer had ...

  5. www.fox9.com › news › 45-years-since-glensheen45 years since Glensheen Mansion murders in Duluth

    Jun 28, 2022 · On June 27, 1977, Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse Velma Pietila murdered inside the Glensheen Mansion. Police found that Congdon had been suffocated with a satin pillow in her bed while Pietila ...

  6. www.mprnews.org › story › 2015/10/16'Glensheen': Murder and a musical - MPR News

    Oct 16, 2015 · On June 27, 1977, one of Minnesota's grandest homes became the sight of one of its most notorious crimes. Elisabeth Congdon, 83, was murdered, along with her nurse, Velma Pietila, in the Glensheen ...

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  8. slphistory.org › congdonMARJORIE CONGDON – St Louis Park Historical Society

    They were soon up to their ears in debt and desperate for money. On June 26, 1977, Roger Caldwell got on a plane to Minneapolis, drove up to Duluth in a rental car, smothered Elizabeth Congdon with a satin pillow, and bludgeoned her nurse, Velma Pietila, to death with a brass candlestick. Velma Pietila