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The case of Donald Dean Studey
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The case of Donald Dean Studey

  • ERIC FERKENHOFF Public Service Journalism Team
  • Oct 30, 2024
  • Oct 30, 2024 Updated Jul 7, 2025
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Lucy McKiddy believes her father, Donald Dean Studey, was a murderous man who preyed on women and dumped their bodies in wells and along mushroom trails in the remote western Iowa area known as Green Hollow.

(4) updates to this series since Updated Jul 7, 2025

Woman’s claim father killed, buried dozens near Omaha gets new look

Woman’s claim father killed, buried dozens near Omaha gets new look

Donald Studey died in 2013. But his memory is kept bizarrely alive by a daughter, whose allegations he killed dozens of people and buried some…

Did a serial killer bury his victims on a rural Midwest hillside?

Did a serial killer bury his victims on a rural Midwest hillside?

An Iowa woman claims her father was a killer and dozens of victims are buried outside Omaha. Will renewed interest from Hollywood filmmakers result in new leads?

Feds amass 612-page file in a case of alleged slayings near Omaha. What does it mean?

Feds amass 612-page file in a case of alleged slayings near Omaha. What does it mean?

There are those who firmly believe Lucy McKiddy's allegations that her father killed scores of people. Then there are those calling her a rampant liar.

Journal backs claims man left trail of death in the Midwest. But was it real?

Journal backs claims man left trail of death in the Midwest. But was it real?

The journal by Marilyn Kepler tells of a horrendous life for the Studeys, filled with abuse, severe beatings of family members and random robbery victims and arsons.

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Probe continues into alleged serial killer’s burial site as recent dig comes up empty

Probe continues into alleged serial killer’s burial site as recent dig comes up empty

Of particular interest is the death of one of Donald Studey’s wives, who allegedly died of suicide but whose manner of death recently was reclassified as undetermined. 

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