Episode 12: The Murder of Lori Kirkley

There are certain places in this world we almost always feel safe. Our homes generally come in at number one, our workplaces are second. In the tragic and troubling death of Lorraine Kirkley, called Lori by friends and family, both of those two spaces would become places of danger.

Lori Kirkley

There are certain places in this world we almost always feel safe. Our homes generally come in at number one, our workplaces are second. In the tragic and troubling death of Lorraine Kirkley, called Lori by friends and family, both of those two spaces would become places of danger. On July 21st, 1999, Lori, a cardiac nurse at the Northwest Indiana Heart Center, had a typical day working her shift and then heading home to the house she shared with her husband, Rob, in Valparaiso, Indiana. Less than an hour after she arrived home, Lori would be forced from her house and led to her horrific rape and murder. Her killer would turn out to be someone Lori knew all too well…

Sources:

The Time Munster Indiana: Archive Jan 30, 2000

The Times Munster Indiana: Archive Oct 2005

The Times Munster Indiana: Archive paper from May, 2000

Indiana Dailey Student: Police Find Leads in Case of Missing Woman

NWI Times: Malinski Breaks His Silence

Lorraine Ann Jones Kirkley Obituary

Chicago Tribune: Slain Nurse is Finally Home

Justia: David F. Malinski v. State of Indiana

AP News: Man Convicted in Indiana Torture Murder