Windom Durham
- Gender
- M
- Race
- Black
- Weight
- 170 lbs
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Black
- Date of birth
- 1885-12-29
#1944-DurhamTier-2 extracted
Windom Durham
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jan 1, 1962
Recovery location
Oberlin, OH
Coordinates
41.2818, -82.2270
Days open
23,533
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn November 2, 1962 at approximately 1:25pm, 77 year old Windom Durham was found dead in his 249 Lincoln Street residence after a neighbor requested a welfare check due to suspicious conditions. It appeared Durham was severely beaten and had been bound and gagged during a robbery inside of his residence. The time of death was determined to be approximately 8:00am on November 2, 1962 by asphyxiation. Durham was last seen alive by neighbors at approximately 2:00pm on November 1, 1962.
Immediately following the incident, several individuals were interviewed and interrogated but nobody has been arrested and charged with the murder of Windom Durham.
If you have any information, please contact Patrol Officer Wiley at the Oberlin Police Department by phone (440) 774-1061, or e-mail (bwiley@oberlinpd.com). All information will be strictly confidential.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponasphyxiation
Locationresidence
Date1962-11-02
Address249 Lincoln Street
Age77
Genderuncertain
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/2/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 41.2818
- Longitude
- -82.2270
- Precision
- Street
- Address
- 249 Lincoln Street
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