Donald Dean Studey died in 2013, but his memory is kept alive by a daughter who believes he killed dozens of people and buried some in western Iowa.
- ERIC FERKENHOFF Public Service Journalism Team
The journal by Marilyn Kepler tells of a horrendous life for the Studeys, filled with abuse, severe beatings of family members and random robbery victims and arsons.
- ERIC FERKENHOFF
There are those who firmly believe Lucy McKiddy's allegations that her father killed scores of people. Then there are those calling her a rampant liar.
- ERIC FERKENHOFF Public Service Journalism Team
An Iowa woman claims her father was a killer and dozens of victims are buried outside Omaha. Will renewed interest from Hollywood filmmakers result in new leads?
- ERIC FERKENHOFF Public Service Journalism Team
Lucy McKiddy believes her father, Donald Dean Studey, was a murderous man who preyed on women and dumped their bodies in wells and along mushroom trails in the remote western Iowa area known as Green Hollow.
Donald Studey died in 2013. But his memory is kept bizarrely alive by a daughter, whose allegations he killed dozens of people and buried some, mostly women, in the Green Hollow area of western Iowa made global headlines. The daughter, Lucy McKiddy, and other potential witnesses are hoping t…
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Nebraska survived on Sunday, beating Iowa for the first time in three years and securing the two seed in the Big Ten tournament.
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Trump raised concerns that colleges use personal statements and other proxies to consider race, which he views as illegal discrimination.
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