In January of 1970, two freshman students at West Virginia University disappeared while hitchhiking after seeing a movie. While police originally thought the girls may have run away, suspicious letters began to arrive that suggested otherwise. After their beheaded bodies were found, police began a relentless search to find their ruthless killer. But so far, all they’ve gotten is a false confession. These are the unsolved murders of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-040100151.html

2. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36755693/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1

3. Karen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81833523/karen-lynn-ferrell

4. Mared's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81832990/mared-ellen-malarik

5. Paterson News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532822561/?terms=mared%20malarik%20bride&match=2

6. Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/now/wvu-coed-murders-one-set-040100027.html

7. Beckley Post-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/15803095/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1

8. Rootsweb: https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/189102/I43892/karen-ferrell/individual

9. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36758916/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

10. Beckley Post Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/47827353/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

11. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786053/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1

12. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786020/?terms=mared%20malarik%20%22purse%22&match=1

13. The Herald News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/527298105/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1

14. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786043/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY0Nzg2MDQzLCJpYXQiOjE2NzQ2NzY1MjEsImV4cCI6MTY3NDc2MjkyMX0.VkKCsTBhUsuUkZtHvBoUh3kGd94XQ99bBWsHVtuvvCg

15. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786063/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1

16. Inside Detective: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c328c00710699b10e8cd382/t/6136676088910d70a355bb1f/1630955362715/Inside_Detective_1976.pdf

17. Courier-Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/181360475/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1

18. The Morning Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/63758493/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1

19. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36808094/

20. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/west-virginia/supreme-court/1980/14070-3.html

21. The Evening Standard: https://www.newspapers.com/image/28005536/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1

22. The Courier-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/222978285/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1&clipping_id=11251752

23. Republican and Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/448662343/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1

24. The Danville News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/552968455/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1

25. Times WV: https://www.timeswv.com/news/exploring-new-possibilities-in-decades-old-murders/article_d0353258-4086-11e8-877c-8f3e726617c5.html

26. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/urarg1/the_wvu_coed_murders_who_killed_mared_malarik_and/

27. The Evening Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/371608702/?terms=%22william%20bernard%20hacker%22&match=1

28. Medium: https://truecrimedetective.co.uk/gone-in-the-night-the-infamous-west-virginia-coed-murders-30322337980d

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