The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office and the Walworth County Crime Stoppers are working together in hopes of receiving new information regarding a 1982 cold case homicide.
With the recent addition of the Tip Soft Program, which allows a person to anonymously text or email a tip, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office hopes someone will come forward with some new information about this case.
The Sheriff’s department released the following details about the case:
On Aug. 5, 1982, 34-year-old Barbara Nelson was abducted from her place of employment at the Mini Stop-N-Shop in the town of Albion, near Edgerton, in Dane County.
It is believed she was killed the following day. Her body was discovered on Aug. 10, 1982, in a cornfield on Bray Road, about three miles east of Elkhorn.
Witnesses described seeing an older blue or green pickup truck, and sketches were made of this vehicle. A 1961 Studebaker pickup truck closely resembles the vehicle described.
Detectives from Dane County and Walworth County are jointly investigating this cold case homicide. If you know of anyone who, back in 1982, owned or had access to a vehicle matching this description, please contact the Walworth County or Dane County Sheriff’s Office.
If you have information but would like to remain anonymous, Walworth County Crime Stoppers encourages you to share your information by one of the following methods:
• Text-A-Tip to “CRIMES” (274637) then begin the message with tip4wc followed by your tip.
• Web Tip: Go to www.tipsoft.com and under “For Citizens”, “Submit a Web Tip” follow the instructions on how to submit a tip to the Walworth County Crime Stoppers.
• Phone: (262) 723-2677
All methods of submitting a tip are anonymous and callers are eligible to receive a cash reward.
I remember this so well! We still owned our farm down the road from this corn field. All of the farmers were talking about this all of the time. It was a very close knit community of farmers, relatives, and close friends. I believe she was not the only girl that was murdered at that time either. The others were put in the same type areas and had hands and feet missing. Not sure if that was all. They all worked at gas stations or quick-marts. It was a very sad thing to hear about that’s for sure. I hope they find the person/persons that did these terrible things to these young women. I pray that their families find peace.