A 17-year-old’s dead body is found posed near a ravine. It took 50 years, a relentless detective and a family member to unravel who killed her.
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Maureen Brubaker with her sister Lisa
Photos Courtesy of Lisa Schenzel

Maureen Brubaker
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Maureen Brubaker
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Maureen Brubaker
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Mary Ann Brubaker and her daughter Lisa Schenzel
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Mary Ann Brubaker and her daughter Lisa Schenzel
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Mary Ann Brubaker and her daughter Lisa Schenzel
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George Smith
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Additional Source Material
- Iowa Cold Cases – Maureen Farley
- Police finally identify man who killed Iowa teen, 17, fifty years ago then stuffed her body on the trunk of a car after DNA evidence confirms it is the suspect her mother named just six months after the murder
- Family of Maureen Brubaker Farley waited 50 years for answers about her death
- Police Solve Cold Case of Murdered Iowa Teen Exactly 50 Years to the Day Her Body Was Discovered