The case of Julie Campbell is an open and active investigation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. As of this episode’s original air date, no one has been charged or convicted of any crimes related to the murder of Julie Campbell.
“The enduring question that we’ll never have an answer to is why? I think, the eternal question that every person who is in my been in my situation wants the answer to, and what I’ve come to realize is that there is no answer for that because there is never a reason to take someone else’s life.”
43 years have passed since that dark, cold New England night when someone stole the life of Julie Campbell. 43 years have passed without knowing who is responsible for her murder. Here to tell Julie’s story is her younger sister, Lori Manning.
Why end the life of this beloved woman? How did the attacker take Julie by surprise, a woman with a Black Belt in Karate and mace always in her pocket? Who killed Julie? Is it possible that Julie Campbell’s murderer has ties to other cases in Massachusetts, Maine, and beyond?
This is the Unsolved Murder of Julie Campbell.
Cambridge, Massachusetts Tip Line: 617-349-3359
Visit juliecambellmurder.com for more information and photos.
Episode Source Material
Thank you to Lori Manning for sharing Julie’s story with us.
- Woman murdered on street by George Croft and Robert Carr, Boston Globe, 27 Feb 1978
- A walk alone in Cambridge and a murderer struck by Douglass Crockett, Boston Globe, 28 Feb 1978
- 2 accosted at Cambridge slaying site, Boston Globe, 01 Mar 1978
- Cambridge women fear the dark by George Croft and Carmen Fields, Boston Globe, 07 Mar 1978
- Arrest made in Cambridge rape, Boston Globe, 11 Mar 1978
- Ask the Globe, Boston Globe, 11 Jul 1978
- Julie Campbell Obituary
- ‘How fragile life is’, Julie wrote before killer struck by Mike Conniff, Tonnie Katz and Richard Bevilacqua, Staff Writers, Boston Herald American, March 9, 1978
- Night out ends in murder by Paul l Corsetti and Dan McLaughlin, Boston Herald American, February 28, 1978.
- Man charged with rape questioned on Julie’s death by Dan McLaughlin and Harold Banks, Boston Herald American, March 1978
- Mass Moments: Blizzard Paralyzes Massachusetts