Late Iowa Man Linked to 1980’s Killings in Indiana, Kentucky

The undated booking photo provided by the Indiana State Police shows Harry Edward Greenwell, the suspect in the "Days Inn" cold case. Police announced the identity of the suspect of the murders during a press conference in Indianapolis, on April 5, 2022. Indiana State Police via AP

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Police said Tuesday that they used genealogical data and crime scene evidence to link an Iowa man who died in 2013 to the killings of three female motel clerks and sexual assault of a fourth in Indiana and Kentucky from 1987 through 1990.

Harry Edward Greenwell, who died at age 68 in New Albin, Iowa, in January 2013, was the so-called “I-65 killer,” Sgt. Glen Fifield of the Indiana State Police said during a news conference in Indianapolis. The killings earned that moniker because they happened at motels near Interstate 65.