Windom Durham

Case number: 1944
Incident location: 249 Lincoln Street
Oberlin, Ohio - Lorain County
Incident date: 11/2/1962
Homicide date: 11/2/1962
Date of birth: 12/29/1885
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Weight: 170
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Law enforcement agency: Oberlin Police Department / Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation

Details

On November 2, 1962 at approximately 1:25pm, 77 year old Windom Durham was found dead in his 249 Lincoln Street residence after a neighbor requested a welfare check due to suspicious conditions. It appeared Durham was severely beaten and had been bound and gagged during a robbery inside of his residence. The time of death was determined to be approximately 8:00am on November 2, 1962 by asphyxiation. Durham was last seen alive by neighbors at approximately 2:00pm on November 1, 1962. Immediately following the incident, several individuals were interviewed and interrogated but nobody has been arrested and charged with the murder of Windom Durham. If you have any information, please contact Patrol Officer Wiley at the Oberlin Police Department by phone (440) 774-1061, or e-mail (bwiley@oberlinpd.com). All information will be strictly confidential.

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