Murder of Dawn Magyar
| Dawn Magyar | |
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| Born |
Dawn Lee Swan March 28, 1952 Corunna, Michigan |
| Died |
January 27, 1973 (aged 20) near Zilwaukee, Michigan |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Known for | Murder victim |
| Spouse(s) | Don Magyar |
| Children | 1 |
The Murder of Dawn Lee Swan Magyar occurred on January 27, 1973. She had been abducted, raped, and shot three times. The case was resolved 28 years after her body was found.
Magyar was born Dawn Lee Swan on March 28, 1952 in the U.S. state of Michigan, and grew up there in the city of Corunna. At the time of her murder, she was 20 years old, married and had one child, and was a housewife living in Chesaning, Michigan with her husband Don Magyar and baby son.
Magyar was abducted while she was grocery shopping in Owosso, Michigan in Shiawassee County on January 27, 1973. She was last seen by a friend who briefly talked with her in the supermarket checkout line and saw her leave the store with her purchases. After Magyar failed to return home, her husband reported her missing. The following day, the borrowed truck that Magyar had been driving was found in the shopping center parking lot with her purchases inside and her keys scattered in and around the truck, suggesting a forceful abduction. Despite a massive search of the area involving 4,000 local volunteers, Magyar was not found.
On March 4, her body was discovered in a wooded area in Saginaw County, Michigan. She had been raped and then shot three times in the head and back with a .22 caliber gun. An autopsy indicated that Magyar had probably been killed within 90 minutes of being abducted. The bullets were indicated as coming from two Remington and one Winchester brand ammo.
In June 1974, a .22 caliber revolver believed to be the murder weapon was recovered from the Shiawassee River in Owosso. The revolver was rusted and unable to fire but was still loaded and had three spent rounds that matched the same brand of bullets that killed Magyar. The gun was traced to a pawn shop in Yuma, Arizona where a man named Robert Shaw purchased it in 1965, but investigators could not locate Shaw at that time. Magyar's wallet and identification were found in 1976 on the riverbank in the same area where the gun had been found.
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