The Killer Who Walked Free | Pierre News

In 1973, fifteen-year-old Katherine Sue Miller vanished after answering a job ad—her body was found brutally murdered a month later. Though detectives focused on Harvey Carignan, who admitted arranging the meeting but claimed she never showed, he walked free due to lack of concrete evidence. Carignan had a long criminal history, including a 1951 murder conviction overturned on appeal—a legal loophole that saved his life. After multiple parole releases, he continued a pattern of violent reoffending, marrying twice and confessing to plotting to kill one wife with a hammer. By 1974, he was arrested in Minneapolis for assaulting a nursing student with a hammer, which led to her survival and identification. Her testimony linked him to other unsolved murders, including those of Eileen Hunley and Katherine Jane Schultz—and revealed a chilling map with over 180 marked locations, one matching where Miller’s body was found, hinting at a vast, multi-state killing spree. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/dac5b37e79598fe7