Summary of Details

Name:     VOGT, Helen K.
Address: 2800 Block of Zimmerman Road, Erie, PA 16510
DOB:      6 January 1912
Age:       76
Marital Status: Unmarried
Date of Murder: Saturday, 23 July 1988
Cause of death: Multiple stab wounds
Employer: None
Location Found:  Inside of her residence in the 2800 block of Zimmerman Road, Erie, PA
Jurisdiction: City of Erie Police

Narrative

The elderly Mrs. Vogt, age 77, was found savagely beaten and stabbed numerous times in her blood spattered apartment in the 2800 block of Zimmerman Road, Erie, PA 16510. A particularly vicious and brutal killing, Herbert MacDonnel of Corning, NY, a blood spatter analyst/expert was called to the scene. The woman’s vehicle was later found in Dayton, Ohio. There was no sign of forced entry into her apartment; her doors were locked from the inside with deadbolts, except a sliding glass patio door situated ten feet above ground that was found unlocked. A neighbor reportedly observed someone “with a towel draped over his/her head” driving the victim’s vehicle from the scene early Saturday morning, July 23rd, 1988.

VOGT’s will, revised just three-(3) days before her murder, called for the distribution of more than $400,000 in assets to be distributed to her daughter and two grandchildren.