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- May 14, 1985
- Location: Gary,IN
- Victim(s): Ruth Elizabeth Zimmerman Pelke 78
- Attacker(s): Paula Cooper 15, Karen Corder 16, April Beverly 15, and Denise Thomas 14
- Description: Cooper stabbed Ruth 33 times in the chest and stomach with a foot-long butcher knife. The hardwood floor under Ruth had been bruised and splintered by the knife. Cooper and her friends then searched the house for jewelry, and stole $10, and the keys to Ruth's 1976 Plymouth.
- Cooper attacked guards in the juvenile center after her arrest, and had to be moved to the County Jail. There, it was reported that she bragged about her crime & had said she would do it again.
- Cooper got the death penalty at 15, that was later changed to 50 years. With time off for good behavior, she was paroled in 2013, and killed herself 2 years later, roughly two weeks after the 30th anniversary of her crime.
- Karen Corder – Found to be “under the extreme domination” of Paula Cooper and sentenced to 60 years.
- April Beverly – Plea bargain to robbery and sentenced to 25 years.
- Denise Thomas – Convicted of felony murder – 35 years in prison.
- Archive.is Link(s):
- https://archive.is/G5fuN Story on the murder trial.
- https://archive.is/EVEnC Wikipedia entry.
- https://archive.is/J8Xq5 Murderpedia entry.
- https://archive.is/iB2Z1 Ruth’s grandson celebrates Cooper’s release.
- https://archive.is/FUba5 Cooper takes her life with a handgun.
- https://archive.is/WH6hO Cooper timeline.
- https://archive.is/Mox3g Ruth’s find a grave memorial.
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- https://archive.is/82qHO True Crime XL entry.
- https://archive.is/r5ivy My life of crime entry.
- Zimmerman is an old German name (one of the first recorded in the country according to surname database), in addition to being used by jews sometimes.
- https://archive.is/BPB3d Zimmerman surname info Ancestry.com.
- https://archive.li/2vBtg Zimmermann surname info Ancestry.com.
- https://archive.li/oIdMb Zimmerman surname wikipedia entry.
- https://archive.li/DjtVT Zimmerman surname info house of names.
- https://archive.li/HVkQE Zimmerman surname info surname database.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109856484/oscar-hugo-pelke Oscar Hugo Pelke’s (Ruth’s husband) find a grave memorial. 1894-1983.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34729987/david-edward-zimmerman David Edward Zimmerman’s (Ruth’s father) find a grave memorial. 1874-1944.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109868718/estella-mae-zimmerman Estella Mae Oswalt Zimmerman’s (Ruth’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1875-1956.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109869621/valentine-zimmerman Valentine Zimmerman’s (David Edward Zimmerman’s father) find a grave memorial. 1847-1927.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109869786/miranda-zimmerman Miranda Piper Zimmerman’s (David Edward Zimmerman’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1847-1916.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33892761/samuel-j-oswalt Samuel J. Oswalt’s (Estella Mae Oswalt Zimmerman’s father) find a grave memorial. 1844-1907.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33907454/nancy-e-oswalt Nancy E. Parks Oswalt’s (Estella Mae Oswalt Zimmerman’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1853-1931.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29433231/david-zimmerman David Zimmerman’s (Valentine Zimmerman’s father) find a grave memorial. 1818-1893.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30070555/susannah-zimmerman Susannah Barnett Zimmerman’s (Valentine Zimmerman’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1820-1848.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95701207/john-piper John Piper’s (Miranda Piper Zimmerman’s father) find a grave memorial. 1805-1884.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95701168/elmira-piper Elmira Bassett Piper’s (Miranda Piper Zimmerman’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1807-1893.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30071071/valentine-jackson-barnett Valentine Jackson Barnett’s (Susannah Barnett Zimmerman’s father) find a grave memorial. 1797-1868.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30071241/anna-maria-barnett Anna Maria “Mary” Trap Barnett’s (Susannah Barnett Zimmerman’s mother) find a grave memorial. 1797-1860.
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