Murder of Jill Behrman Indiana University Student

Murder of Jill Behrman Indiana University Student ---
tags: school incident, murder case, woman victim, solved crime, random suspect, not terrorism

1 killed May 31, 2001, 19 year old Bloomington, Indiana resident and Indiana University student Jill Behrman left her home for a bike ride  near Bloomington. Her skeletal remains were found nearly three years later in a remote field about 15 miles from the city. In 2006, a jury convicted a local handyman, John R. Myers II, of Ellettsville, in Behrman's murder. Myers is serving a 65-year prison sentence. (abc7chicago) Motive:  Myers had been angered after breaking up with his girlfriend and took his rage out on Jill by abducting and murdering her.

One of 3 missing/ murder woman student cases: 1 killed 1 arrested April 25, 2015 Suspect in custody after Indiana University student killed near campus WLS-TV A coroner said Saturday that an Indiana University student found dead in a rural area hours before she was reported missing had been fatally beaten in the head with an unknown weapon.   nearly four years after another IU student, Lauren Spierer, vanished after a night out with friends in the college town. The 20-year-old Greenburgh, New York, woman was last seen on June 3, 2011. She has not been found and no criminal charges have been filed in her disappearance. In May 2000, another IU student, 19-year-old Jill Behrman, vanished during a bike ride near Bloomington. Her skeletal remains were found nearly three years later in a remote field about 15 miles from the city. In 2006, a jury convicted a local handyman, John R. Myers II, of Ellettsville, in Behrman's murder. Myers is serving a 65-year prison sentence.

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Jill Behrman

Real Name: Jill Behrman
Nicknames: No Known Nicknames
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Date: May 31, 2000

BioEdit

Occupation: Student Recreational Sports Center Worker
Date of Birth: 1981
Height: 5'7
Weight: 120 pounds
Marital Status: Single
Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes.

CaseEdit

Details: 19 year old Jill Behrman had just finished her freshman year at Indiana University when she left her home to go for a bike ride at around 9am on Wednesday, May 31, 2000. She was last seen a half hour later near the intersection of Harrell Road and Moffet Lane in Southeastern Bloomington, Indiana. She was supposed to meet her father and grandfather at 3pm for lunch after her shift at the Student Recreational Sports Center, but she never showed up. When Jill didn't return home that evening, her father called the police, and the family soon distributed flyers all over town and volunteers mapped out routes where she may have gone that day. On Friday, Jill's bike, a Cannondale R500 turned up at around 5pm; a jogger reported that he had seen the bike in a cornfield near Elletsville, ten miles northwest of Bloomington, on Wednesday, well before anyone knew of her disappearance.

A composite of the possible suspect

Three days later, the mystery deepened when a digital radio believed to be Jill's was found neatly placed in the parking lot of a Bloomington church, and at that same time, another churchgoer noticed a suspicious dark-colored pick-up truck drive quickly out of the lot, and police would like to question the driver. Investigators of conducted dozens of searches and have received nearly 3,000 tips about the case. One of their most viable tips was about an 18 year old woman who claimed that two weeks after Jill vanished, she was walking past an old black Fork pickup truck in Elletsville at around 10:30pm when the man inside the vehicle grabbed the woman's arm and attempted to pull her inside, but she broke free and escaped, but nobody has ever been arrested in that case. Elletsville is just three miles from where Jill's bike was found and authorities believe that the two cases may be connected. A composite of the unknown man who attacked the young woman has been on Jill's missing posters, in hopes that someone may recognize him and bring him to justice. Authorities have another theory in this case: Jill may have been the victim of a hit-and-run and that the occupants of the vehicle may have panicked, moved Jill's bicycle and then hid her body. However, little evidence has been found to tell what really happened to Jill Behrman.

Suspects: Authorities believe that the unidentified man that tried to abduct the young woman in Elletsville may have been involved in Jill's disapperance. He was a Caucasian male who drove an old black Ford pickup truck.

John Myers

Extra Notes: This case originally ran on the September 10, 2001 episode.
This case was also profiled on America's Most Wanted.
Results: Solved. In March of 2003, Jill's skeletal remains were discovered by two hunters in a wooded roadside area in Morgan County. Then, in April of 2006, police arrested John Myers II for her abduction and murder. The prosecution claimed that Myers had been angered after breaking up with his girlfriend and took his rage out on Jill by abducting and murdering her. He was convicted of murder on October 30, 2006 and was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
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The Jill Behrman case: 10 years later - Herald-Times ww.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2010/05/30/news.qp-5325677.sto May 30, 2010 - Marilyn Behrman wasn't worried when her daughter Jill missed lunch with her grandparents that day, although she was unhappy the ...

Jill Behrman 5K - IU Campus Recreational Sportswww.iurecsports.org/jbrezJill Behrman was an IU student and an employee of Campus Recreational Sports. In May of 2000, Jill left for a solo bike ride and never came back. Three years ...

Jill Behrman - Bloomingpedia ww.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Jill_Behrman Jun 14, 2011 - Jill K. Behrman (b.1981 - d.circa May 31st, 2000) was a 19 year old Bloomington resident and Indiana University student who disappeared on ...

What They Won't Tell You: Who Killed Jill Behrman? attheapplefromthetree.blogspot.com/2008/.../who-killed-jill-behrman.ht...Oct 11, 2008 - On May 31, 2001, 19 year old Bloomington, Indiana resident and Indiana University student Jill Behrman left her home for a bike ride before ...

Man Convicted Of Killing Behrman - TheIndyChannel.comwww.theindychannel.com/news/man-convicted-of-killing-behrman WRTV Oct 31, 2006 - Jurors decided John Myers II, 31, killed Jill Behrman, who was 19 when she disappeared in May 2000 after she began a bicycle ride near ...

RetroIndy: The abduction of Jill Behrman | Indianapolis Star ...www.indystar.com/.../StarFiles-The-abduction-of-Ji...The Indianapolis Star Apr 25, 2013 - Indiana University student Jill Behrman, 19, disappeared May 31, 2000, while riding her bicycle near her hometown of Bloomington. For three ...

Jill Behrman coworker testifies - 13 WTHR Indianapoliswww.wthr.com/story/5562174/jill-behrman-coworker-testifiesWTHR Martinsville - Defense attorneys in the trial for the man accused in the murder of Indiana University student Jill Behrman are introducing the possibility of another ...

Jill Behrman murder case - timeline - 13 WTHR Indianapolis www.wthr.com/story/5486450/jill-behrman-murder-case-timeline WTHR Feb 4, 2008 - The following is a timeline of events in the Jill Behrman murder case. May 31, 2000 - IU student Jill Behrman goes out for a bike ride. She is not ...