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Murder of Catherine Cesnik

Also known as: Sister Cathy Cesnik, The Keepers

Active

1969–1970

Region

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

State

MD

Kind

Single

Status

Unsolved

Victims

1

Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik, a 26-year-old member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame who taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough High School, left her apartment on the evening of November 7, 1969, to run errands and never came home. Her car was found near the apartment complex early the next morning. A hunter and his son found her body at a dumping area in Lansdowne, Baltimore County, on January 3, 1970; she had died of a blow to the head. The case is unsolved, and Baltimore County Police continue to investigate.

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Victims

We remember the people whose lives were taken.

• Catherine Ann Cesnik, 26 · November 7, 1969

  A nun of the School Sisters of Notre Dame from Pittsburgh, and a teacher at a Catholic girls' school in Baltimore.

Timeline of locations

1. November 7, 1969
   Carriage House Apartments area (Killer's residence, approximate area)

   Cesnik left the apartment she shared with another sister to go shopping and cash a check, and did not return. Her car was found illegally parked across from the complex in the early hours of November 8.

2. January 3, 1970
   Dumping area, Lansdowne (Recovery site, approximate area)

   A hunter and his son found her body at an informal dumping ground in Lansdowne, Baltimore County.

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Sources

• Murder of Catherine Cesnik (Wikipedia)
• Investigation into Baltimore nun's murder (CBS Baltimore, Feb 2017)
• Could murder of Sister Cathy be connected to other killings? (CBS Baltimore)

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