On The Case With Paula Zahn, Who Was Karen Adams From Ohio?

Karen Adams From Ohio was assaulted and murdered in 1975. Her murder case remained unsolved for about 33 years. Here is what we know about the case so far.

Adams was found by the side of a road in March 1975. A day earlier, she left home to run an errand on an evening. She was assaulted and killed near her house in Columbus, Ohio, by Robert Meyer and Charles Webber. 

The Investigation Discovery’s ‘On The Case With Paula Zahn: A Secret Meeting’ looks into Adams’s case. The veteran journalist details the decades-long wait to find her murderers. The murder case remained unsolved for decades until DNA evidence revealed Meyer and Webber to be the killers.

Who Was Karen Adams From Ohio? 

Karen came from a large family, and she lived in Whitehall, Ohio, with her parents. Her family and loved ones described her as generous and compassionate. She was saving up money to buy a car and working as at a local steakhouse. 

She was 17 years old during the time of her death. Her full name was Karen Renee Adams.

Adams was working hard to achieve her dream of working as a lab technician.

She headed out of her house on Match 9, 1975, and told her parents she would pick up clothes from a friend’s place. Her parents expected her to be home soon but started worrying when she did not return by 11 pm that night. 

Karen was reported missing, and the authorities found out she went out to meet her boyfriend at a nearby supermarket. The search for Adams ended when her body was found in a ditch the next day, reports The Cinemaholic.

Karen Adams Murder: What Happened?

Adam’s pants were unbuttoned, and her sweater was pushed up, suggesting an assault. An autopsy confirmed she was molested and assaulted. The cause of Karen’s death was strangulation, and her purse and shoes were found around half a mile from her body.

Karen’s boyfriend agreed to take a lie detector test and was ruled out as a suspect. The police did not have further leads, and the case turned cold over time. 

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois, decided to take a fresh look at the murder case after 33 years of murder in 2008. The evidence from her clothes was sent to the lab for testing. The results came back with two male DNA profiles. 

Where Are Robert Meyer and Charles Webber Now?

After checking through CODIS, one of the profiles matched with Robert Meyer. The authorities also found out about Charles Webber, who he met in the prison. 

They were convicted of kidnapping and molesting two women in Toledo, Ohio, in 1997. By the time the authorities learned about Charles’s connection to Karen’s murder, he had already passed away. He passed away in 1992 when he was around 52 years old. 

The police arrested Robert in September 2011, and he denied his involvement but later confessed to it. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in May 2012. Meyer passed away in 2015 while he was still incarcerated. He was around 74 years old during the time of his death.

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