| Michelle Busha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | Michelle Yvette Busha |
| Sex | Female |
| Found | May 30, 1980 |
| Location | |
| Missing from | Bay City, Texas |
| Identified | March 2015 (35 years) |
| Age | 18 |
| Cause of death | Strangulation |
Michelle Yvette Busha was a teenage girl who was reported missing on May 9, 1980, from Bay City, Texas. Her body was found in a drainage ditch on May 30, 1980 in Blue Earth, Minnesota. It appeared she had been strangled. She was identified when her body was exhumed in August 2014 to obtain new DNA samples, and the DNA was positively matched to samples submitted by Busha's family members in 2007.
Case
Crime scene
The victim had died about 3-7 days prior, due to strangulation. The victim wore no clothing and her feet were heavily calloused. Nine years later, Robert Leroy Nelson confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering the victim and was charged. She was an apparent hitchhiker.
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