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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 daughter Marjorie Congdon. [ 2 ]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Jun 24, 2017 · Her life at Glensheen ended abruptly on June 27, 1977, when the ailing, 83-year-old heiress was killed in the mansion along with her night nurse, Velma Pietila, 67. Elisabeth Congdon's adopted ...
Jun 23, 2017 · 40 years later, Hartman said the murders are still fresh and raw for members of the Congdon family, some of whom sit on the museum's board. Marjorie Congdon's mugshot, when she was arrested for ...
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Jul 24, 2003 · The prosecutor in a high-profile Duluth murder case 26 years ago says tests of DNA on an old envelope confirm the prosecution's case. From the beginning, authorities suspected Roger and Marjorie Caldwell of entering Glensheen mansion and killing Duluth heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her night nurse Velma Pietila. As Elisabeth's adopted daughter, Marjorie Caldwell, stood to inherit a substantial ...
