The Murder of Alice Sturm

Murder, She Told by Kristen Seavey

Jun 2, 202654:27Society & Culture

1977 - Elwood, Illinois. In September 1977, 84-year-old Alice Sturm was murdered in her bed inside her home in Elwood, Illinois. Suspicion quickly fell on Alice’s live-in granddaughter, Sheila, and her friend, Ernest Sta...

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