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- On June 25, 1982, Lee Gunsalus Rotatori, a 32-year old American woman, was sexually assaulted and murdered in her hotel room by Thomas Oscar Freeman in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The murder went unsolved for nearly 40 years, until it was announced by authorities in 2022 that the perpetrator had been identified as Freeman using investigative genetic genealogy. Around July 1982, Freeman himself was murdered by an unidentified perpetrator in Cobden, Illinois. His decomposing body was found in a shallow grave around three months after his murder. As of 2022, the murder remains unsolved and the case remains open, and investigators believe the two murders were connected. (en)
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- Murder victim Lee Rotatori (en)
- Murder victim Thomas Freeman (en)
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- 0001-10-30 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 1982-06-25 (xsd:date)
- November 2022 (en)
- July 1982 (en)
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- this article is about two murders that occurred at different times and places, but it deals almost exclusively with the murder of Lee Rotatori and only discusses the murder of Thomas Freeman in passing. Two separate articles are needed. - See talk page for discussion (en)
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- Investigation concluded in February 2022 after identification of perpetrator (en)
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- Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. (en)
- Cobden, Illinois, U.S. (en)
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- Unknown (en)
- Unclear (en)
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- Unknown (en)
- Thomas Oscar Freeman (en)
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- Murder of Lee Rotatori (en)
- Murder of Thomas Freeman (en)
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- Murder by shooting (en)
- Murder by stabbing, sexual assault (en)
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- Lee Gunsalus Rotatori, aged 32 (en)
- Thomas Oscar Freeman, aged 35 (en)
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- On June 25, 1982, Lee Gunsalus Rotatori, a 32-year old American woman, was sexually assaulted and murdered in her hotel room by Thomas Oscar Freeman in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The murder went unsolved for nearly 40 years, until it was announced by authorities in 2022 that the perpetrator had been identified as Freeman using investigative genetic genealogy. (en)
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- Murders of Lee Rotatori and Thomas Freeman (en)
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