Ruth Stires

Case number: 48
Incident location: 3855 East Main Street- Alamo Motel
Whitehall, Ohio - Franklin County
Incident date: 12/13/1987
Homicide date: 12/13/1987
Date of birth: 12/12/1919
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 151 lbs
Hair color: Grey
Law enforcement agency: Whitehall Police Department

Details

In the early morning hours of 12/13/1987, Ruth A. Stires, a 67 year old white female left her motel managers office of the Alamo Motel in Whitehall, 3855 East Main Street. She walked to a boiler/storage room to turn out lights. She was ambushed in this storage room where she was tied up, beaten and murdered. Evidence shows the perpetrator went back to Ruth's office, ransacked it and items were stolen. The perpetrator was never identified.

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