July 2, 1966. Porter County, Indiana. 21-year old Ann Miller, 19-year old Patricia Blough and 19-year old Renee Bruhl leave their homes in Illinois in order to travel to the Indiana Dunes State Park. After taking a spot on the beach next to Lake Michigan, the three women venture into the water, leaving all of their belongings behind. Eyewitnesses would recall seeing them climb into a boat with an unidentified man before they vanished without a trace and there would be a number of different theories about why they went missing. Did the women take off voluntarily? Were they murdered over possible connections to notorious criminal Silas Jayne and his “horse syndicate”? Could their disappearance have been the result of an illegal abortion gone wrong? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we shall explore the truly baffling disappearance of the “Indiana Dunes Women”.





Additional Reading:

http://charleyproject.org/case/ann-miller

http://charleyproject.org/case/patricia-blough

http://charleyproject.org/case/renee-bruhl

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-06-21-8702170368-story.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/3-girls-beach-found-article-1.1216303

“Silas Jayne: Chicago’s Suburban Gangster” by Bryan Alaspa