March 25, 1971 – The body of 18-year-old Susan Poferl was found around 9 a.m. in the “icy waters of Otter Tail Creek along the Moorhead Road about three miles southwest of Cloquet. Authorities said the frozen body was discovered by a school bus driver” as he drove his route through the area. A nylon stocking was around her neck, and her “nude body was found about 10 feet from the edge of the creek embankment.”1
Cloquet police and the Carlton County Sheriff’s Dept. had been searching for her since she was reported missing March 21. Poferl’s car was found parked near the Cloquet Labor Temple, where she was last seen at around 12:45 Sunday morning, March 21, having drinks with friends.2 Her glasses and most of the clothes she had been wearing were found in her car.3
1Duluth News-Tribune; “Autopsy Slated Today on Body of Cloquet Girl”; March 26, 1971; pp. 1 & 11.
2Duluth News-Tribune; “No Trace Found of Cloquet Girl”; March 23, 1971;
p. 9.
3The Pine Knot; “Army of Searchers Continue Seeking Clues of Missing Girl”; Cloquet, Minn.; March 25, 1971; p. 1.
Cloquet police and the Carlton County Sheriff’s Dept. had been searching for her since she was reported missing March 21. Poferl’s car was found parked near the Cloquet Labor Temple, where she was last seen at around 12:45 Sunday morning, March 21, having drinks with friends.2 Her glasses and most of the clothes she had been wearing were found in her car.3
1Duluth News-Tribune; “Autopsy Slated Today on Body of Cloquet Girl”; March 26, 1971; pp. 1 & 11.
2Duluth News-Tribune; “No Trace Found of Cloquet Girl”; March 23, 1971;
p. 9.
3The Pine Knot; “Army of Searchers Continue Seeking Clues of Missing Girl”; Cloquet, Minn.; March 25, 1971; p. 1.
Cloquet Labor Temple
Photo
taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain March 25, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
Murder of Susan Poferl; see March 21, 2013 blog
Thomas Joseph Williams indicted for Poferl murder; see April 29, 2013 blog
Thomas J. Williams acquitted of the first degree murder of Suan Poferl; see November 24 2013 blog
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