When an Illinois veterinary medicine student is attacked in her own home, she uses the last of her strength to seek help, but dies before being able to name her killer. No explanation—or potential suspect—is off the table as investigators seek the truth behind an unlikely crime in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
Sources used to research this episode:
Police Hopeful Science Will Solve 1988 U. of I. Murder Mystery (Christy Gutowski / Chicago Tribune)
Jim Dey: 1988 Murder Remains a Mystery (Jim Day / The News-Gazette)
Family of Slain Student Keeps Death Probe Alive (John O’Brien / Chicago Tribune via newspapers.com)
Dr. Richard T. Caleel: Man of all Seasons (Beverly Fead / Montecito Journal)
Slain U. of I. Student Had World to Live For (Jorge Casuso / Chicago Tribune)
Veterinarian Accused of Horse Theft in Florida, Illinois (Nancy L. Othon / Orlando Sentinel)
The Vidocq Society (vidocq.org)
The Palm Beach Post, Sunday, March 9, 2003 Ed. (Palm Beach Post via newspapers.com)
Cops to Interview Victim’s Kin (Chicago Tribune)
Vet Charged With Stealing Show Horses (Chicago Tribune)
Vet Charged Over Horse Thefts (Horse & Hound)
Wellington Vet Pleads Guilty to Stealing Horses (Sun Sentinel)
Police Hopeful Science Will Solve 1988 U. of I. Murder Mystery (Christy Gutowski / Chicago Tribune)
If you have any information on the death of Maria Caleel, please contact the Urbana Police Department at 217-384-2320.
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