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Thomas Speer

Case from Madison, WI dated Jul 28, 1971

Victim Details

Thomas Speer

Male

White / Caucasian

Madison

WI

1971-07-28

42

Thomas

Speer

09/24/2026

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Thomas Speer, a 42-year-old White/Caucasian man, was a physician from Merrillville, Indiana, whose trip to Madison, Wisconsin, for a medical conference ended in an unsolved killing on July 28, 1971. Speer had built a career in medicine after attending medical school in Pittsburgh. His sons later recalled that he had worked with Dr. Jonas Salk during the period surrounding development of the polio vaccine. He subsequently became medical director for U.S. Steel in Indiana, where part of his work i ...
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