At 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 12, 1992, a home health nurse came to a home at 416 W. Nichols in Springfield, Missouri. The nurse was suspicious about the back door being ajar. Inside she would find 67-year-old Clara Batton was in a pool of her own blood on the kitchen floor. She was stabbed in her upper chest and her throat was slit. She was last seen by a neighbor the evening before.
At the time Clara was living with her 96-year-old father who was deaf and blind at the time. He was unharmed and was found lying in his bed. Her light blue 1984 Dodge Omni was missing from the home and was found parked on the lot of a local convenience store. There was no evidence of a break-in. Clara was known to keep her doors locked and wouldn't let a stranger in the home, so it's likely her killer knew her.
SOURCES:
Springfield News-Leader Feb. 13, 1992
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