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Serial killer’s victims buried near Omaha? Questions persist on rural Iowa hillside

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Serial killer’s victims buried near Omaha? Questions persist on rural Iowa hillside

From the The case of Donald Dean Studey series

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?

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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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Lucy McKiddy stood on a rural hillside about 40 miles from Omaha, thinking of her father and the dozens of bodies she insists he buried there.

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Lucy McKiddy stands next to her family headstones at Thurman Cemetery, Saturday, Oct. 12, in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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A farm in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa is seen on Saturday, Oct. 12.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR file photo

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Lucy McKiddy walks on her family's former property, Saturday, Oct. 12, in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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Lucy McKiddy walks on her family's former property, Saturday, Oct. 12, in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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Mailboxes outside Lucy McKiddy's childhood home are seen on Saturday, Oct. 12, in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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A Green Hollow Road sign in rural Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa is seen on Saturday, Oct. 12.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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A rural Fremont County highway near Thurman, Iowa, is seen on Oct. 12, 2024. Lucy Studey-McKiddy has long claimed her father, Donald Studey, killed multiple people and buried their bodies on his property near Thurman.

JUSTIN WAN, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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