Between April 8 and May 7, 1992, an unknown gunman carried out a calculated execution spree across three Midwestern states, murdering six retail specialty store clerks along the Interstate 70 corridor in Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas. Operating in broad daylight, the shooter executed lone clerks with a .22-caliber firearm before taking nominal sums of cash and vanishing into interstate traffic. Thirty-two years later, the "I-70 Killer" remains one of the FBI's most elusive unidentified serial murderers.
The Thirty-Day Spree: Ballistics & Execution Pattern
The killer targeted small specialty boutiques situated near interstate exits: bridal shops, shoe stores, and ceramic gift outlets. Ballistics analysis established that the same unique weapon—a .22-caliber handgun with distinctive barrel rifling characteristic of an Intratec TEC-22 or an Erma Werke firearm—was used in all six homicides.
Witness composites describe the shooter as a white male, 25 to 35 years old at the time (now in his late fifties or sixties), between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a slender build, light brown or dull blond hair, and an unusually calm, detached demeanor.
| Date | Location | Victim & Crime Scene Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1992 | Indianapolis, IN | Robin Fuldauer (26), Payless ShoeSource clerk, shot once in back of head; store near I-465. |
| Apr 11, 1992 | Wichita, KS | Patricia Smith (23) & Patricia Magers (32), bridal shop clerks, executed inside store. |
| Apr 27, 1992 | Terre Haute, IN | Michael McCown (40), ceramics store owner, shot; believed mistaken for female clerk. |
| May 3, 1992 | St. Charles, MO | Nancy Kitzmiller (24), Boot Village clerk, executed inside store off I-70. |
| May 7, 1992 | Raytown, MO | Sarah Blessing (37), Love's Collectibles clerk, shot; killer seen fleeing into woods. |