MURDERED: Janice Christensen

Written By M Diaries

In 1987, Ohio native Janice Christensen went out for a run and never returned home—she was raped and murdered on her favorite jogging trail.

Within months, three more Akron women would be brutally killed. It took police decades to find answers. 

The four women killed in Akron, Ohio in 1987

Photo of Janice

Janice on horseback

Janice walking her dog, Wolf

The shoelaces found near Janice’s body.

The composite sketch of the man who sexually assaulted and bound a 17-year-old girl

with shoelaces in 1987 at Hampton Hills Metro Park in the Top-of-the-World area.

Photo of Barbara Blatnik

Photo of Joann Bartholomew

 

If you have information for either of these remaining unsolved 1987 murder cases, we urge you to contact the Akron police at 330-375-2552.

 
 

Resources

  • Unresolved: Who killed Janice Christensen? Questions remain in 1987 Hudson

  • murder case written by Stephanie Warsmit and Paula Schleis for the Akron

  • Beacon Journal

  • https://www.courttv.com/news/ohio-police-take-fresh-look-at-1987-cold-case-murder/

  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123091604/janice-beth-christensen

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/157300542

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/155222352/?terms=janice%20christensen&match=1

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  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/295446737/?terms=janice%20christensen&match=1

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/157304761/

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/155068980/?terms=janice%20christensen&match=1

  • https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-Case/Homicides/Bartholomew

  • https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-Case/Homicides/Piotter

  • https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-Case/Homicides/Blatnik

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/155222985/?terms=joann%20bartholomew&match=1

  • https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRB8-1T2/joann-morgan-1939-1987

  • https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/cold-case-not-forgotten/95-723084b2-58ee-44c7-90a8-969d0ce745e3

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/155225515/?terms=joann%20bartholomew&match=1

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  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/288575211/?terms=joann%20bartholomew&match=1

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/155219636/?terms=joann%20bartholomew&match=1

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/153274757/?terms=joann%20bartholomew&match=122. https://www.newspapers.com/image/153274733,

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/153274757

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/153265006

  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/154265344/?terms=marcia%20kay%20piotter&match=1

  • https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/06/23/cleveland-man-indicted-murder-cuyahoga-falls/

  • https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/08/26/cleveland-man-accused-1987-murder-teen-dies-before-his-trial/5586877001/

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