Remember Carol Rofstad? Jennifer Lockmiller?

By: Diane Benjamin ISU has two unsolved campus murders. Is anyone trying to solve Jennifer Lockmiller’s murder in 1993 after Alan Beaman was declared innocent? Crickets. The Normal police haven’t solved the 49 year old murder of Carol Rofstad either. Was this a jab at Normal police? https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2024/12/23/normal-police-rigorously-working-solve-49-year-old-cold-case-killing/ Last year CI Proud and News 25 […]

Remember Carol’s Last Christmas?

By: Diane Benjamin In case you missed the podcast, it’s about an unsolved murder in Normal from 1975. https://blnnews.com/2023/02/10/all-9-episodes-now-available/ Last week CI Proud and News 25 did stories claiming Normal police are now trying to solve the murder: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/normal-police-seek-help-in-solving-48-year-old-murder-at-isu/amp/ https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/22/normal-police-has-gone-great-lengths-solve-48-year-old-cold-case/?outputType=amp Two more episodes were added in November. Listen here: https://radiomisfits.com/podcasts/carols-last-christmas/ Just 48 hours before Christmas, 1975, 21 year old […]

Normal Police and Cold Cases

By: Diane Benjamin Most people remember the 1993 Jennifer Lockmiller case where Alan Beaman was declared innocent after spending years in prison. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3018 The case is still unsolved. Is anyone investigating now? Lockmiller was not the only unsolved murder on the ISU campus however. In 1975 Carol Rofstad was murdered outside her sorority house. The […]