Hulda Emma Fischer (née Skibbe) was found brutally stabbed and strangled to death


 Hulda Emma Fischer (née Skibbe) was found brutally stabbed and strangled to death in the basement of her home in Maquoketa, Iowa on February 25, 1975.


Hulda’s body was discovered after her neighbor, Ronald Keller, hadn’t seen her all day. The two were very close and he had a key to her house, so he decided to check on her about 8:00pm.


Keller and his business partner, Thomas Goodwin, entered Hulda’s home and immediately knew something was wrong. 


There was water drawn for a bath but it was cold, and her underwear was laid out on her bed, but Hulda was nowhere to be found.


Then, as they turned on the light to the basement stairs, there laid Hulda’s body at the bottom of the steps as though she’d fallen to her death.


After they found Hulda’s body, Ronald Keller and Thomas Goodwin called the police, who quickly began their investigation. They interviewed neighbors and friends of Hulda, trying to piece together her last moments. Everyone they spoke to said that Hulda was a kind and friendly person who always had a smile on her face. No one could imagine who would want to hurt her. 


The police also interviewed Ronald Keller and Thomas Goodwin extensively, but they didn’t have any leads. They were stumped as to who could have killed Hulda and why. 


Two weeks into the investigation, the police received a tip that led them to a local bar. A man named Edward Smith had been seen arguing with Hulda the night before she disappeared.


When police questioned Edward, he denied ever being in Hulda’s neighborhood. However, one of the bar’s employees said that Edward had told her that he was going to talk to Hulda about something and then never returned. This sparked the police’s interest, and they began to dig deeper into Edward’s life.


As the police dug into Edward’s life, they discovered that he had a history of violent behavior. He had been arrested several times for assault and had even served time in prison. This made him a prime suspect in Hulda’s murder. But they still had no evidence linking him to the crime.


That was until they found a witness who said they saw Edward’s car in Hulda’s neighborhood on the night of her disappearance. The witness said that Edward’s car was parked on the street for several hours, and then it suddenly drove off. 


This witness’s testimony was a major break in the case. The police now had a potential suspect and a motive. They began to build a case against Edward, but they still didn’t have any physical evidence linking him to the crime. Then, a forensic team found Hulda’s blo*d in the trunk of Edward’s car. This was the evidence they needed to make an arrest. Edward was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 

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