These photographs are courtesy of Teresa‘s mom who hopes that one day we will have answers. Please visit the memorial page for Teresa Sue Hilt on Facebook maintained by a friend. It is filled with memories from old friends and pieces of newspaper clippings.
“Tess” was found on August 4, 1973, face down on her bed under a neatly arranged sheet. She was strangled and stabbed in the chest and lower abdomen area. Her panty hose was tied around her neck and her wrists bound with shoelaces. A paring knife taken from her own kitchen was found cupped in her hand.
A police investigator thought the killer must have been a woman. He noted the killer had cleaned up most of the blood from the apartment and had carefully covered the slain girl.
Maryville police interviewed more than 200 people, took fingerprints from some 150 people and had six persons take lie detector tests. Despite all that, the murder of Teresa Sue Hilt to this day remains unsolved, see the News And Tribune, 2/3/1974.
Case: Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt was found murdered on August 4, 1973. She had been beaten, raped, and was strangled to death. Her remains were found in her Northwest Missouri State College off campus apartment in Maryville (MO). She was a music major and pursued a post graduate psychology degree. Renewed media attention let to an ongoing collaboration with the authorities in this 1974 case. As of yet, it remains unsolved.