November 24, 1971 – Thomas J. Williams was
acquitted of the first degree murder of Susan Poferl of Cloquet.1 She
was strangled to death in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 21, 1971,
after a night of drinking and dancing at the Cloquet Labor Temple. Her nude
body was discovered on March 25 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 through the
area.2 Poferl had danced
with Williams that evening, and according to witnesses, had been seen with him
the morning she disappeared.
1Duluth News-Tribune; “Williams Acquitted of Poferl Murder By Carlton Jurors”; November 25, 1971; p.1.
2Duluth News-Tribune; “Autopsy Slated Today on Body of Cloquet Girl”; March 26, 1971; pp. 1 & 11.
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
Body of Susan Poferl discovered; see March 25, 2013 blog
Thomas Joseph Williams indicted for Poferl murder; see April 29, 2013 blog
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