April 8, 2022- 12:40 p.m.
n April 5, 2022, representatives with Indiana State Police, Elizabethtown Police and the FBI held a press conference in Indianapolis to provide an update on the “I-65 Killer” case. After more than 30 years, they were able to identify the suspect as Harry Edward Greenwell of Louisville, Kentucky.
They used a new form of DNA analysis called “investigative genealogy” along with traditional genealogy research and historical records to lead them to Greenwell. The DNA comparison was a 99.999% positive match, said ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield.
The FBI said solving this case was a team effort between high-profile agencies like the FBI and smaller, local police departments, including Elizabethtown Police Department.
“I hope that today might bring a little bit of solace to you – to know that the animal who did this is no longer on this earth,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter said to the victim’s family members, who were present at the press conference.
Kim Gilbert Wright, the daughter of one of the women killed by Greenwell, said she is still left with many questions – ones that will remain unanswered.
“We’ll never learn what the killer was thinking. We’ll never learn the whys behind his actions. And that’s just where we sit today,” she said.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, three women were found dead at three separate hotels along I-65 in Kentucky and Indiana. For decades, their cases remained unsolved.Â
