In 1964, an 18-year-old girl was walking to school in Wausau, Wisconsin… and never made it.

Eleanor Kaatz was attacked in broad daylight on a quiet island. Stabbed nearly 50 times and left near the river, she was somehow still alive when she was found. But two days later, she died from her injuries.

The man responsible, Terry Caspersen, was caught almost immediately. What he admitted—and what investigators uncovered—painted the picture of a deeply disturbed young man capable of extreme violence.

But what makes this case even more unsettling… is that it didn’t end with her murder.

After serving years in prison, he was released—only to attack again.

This is the story of a murder that shocked a community, a victim who fought to survive, and a killer whose violence didn’t stop when it should have.

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This January (2026), the disappearance of Fishers teen Hailey Buzbee took the internet by storm. What initially presented as a typical missing persons case began to shift as investigators uncovered more about her online connections and the events that led her to leave home suddenly in the middle of the night. FOX59 and CBS4’s Max Lewis returns to help break down the disturbing details and how this case fits into a larger pattern of online risk.

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Speculation Station is parked in Morgantown, West Virginia, this week—where we examine the murders of two college freshmen whose case still lingers in uncertainty... despite *technically being closed.

When best friends Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell disappeared after a night out at the movies, it was initially written off as a possible runaway situation or hitchhiking gone wrong. Months later, the community was confronted with a far darker and more disturbing reality when their bodies were discovered in the woods.

Strap in and let us know if YOU think they got it right in the 1970 WVU Coed Murders.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/west-virginia-murders-mared-malarik-karen-ferrell-rcna192293

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11528885/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karen-ferrell-mared-malarik-murdered-west-virginia-investigators-high-tech-help-evidence/

https://wvuengage.wvu.edu/event/8512723

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/investigators-examine-murders-karen-ferrell-mared-malarik

https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/10/15/the-overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-he-knows-who-killed-two-wvu-coeds-in-1970-and-hes-getting-assistance-from-the-state-police/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/48y4rx/mystics_murder_and_missing_heads_the_1970_wvu/

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https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/05/21/wvu-coed-murders-how-one-set-of-parents-turned-grief-into-grace/

https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/05/15/renewed-investigation-begins-on-murdered-coeds-case-we-want-full-disclosure/

WVU Coed Murders: Who Killed Mared and Karen?