Killed At The Dry Cleaners: The Murder of Kathy Woodhouse

A remorseless attacker preyed on the mother-of-three at her workplace.

Verity Partington
7 min readNov 24, 2021

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Kathy Woodhouse, murdered in 1992 (Image: Forensic Files Now)

The city of Herrin in Illinois wasn’t known for its violent crime, so when police received a call on January 18th 1992 saying there had been a rape and a murder at the dry cleaner’s, the dispatcher was somewhat taken aback.

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Verity Partington

A writer and author of crime thrillers living in the UK. Partial to books, stationery, papercrafts and walking. You can find her books on Amazon here: https://a