The Murder of Sister Roberta Elam (Sister Robin)

Roberta Elam, better known by the Sisters of St. Joseph as Sister Robin, was a twenty six (26) year old Postulant Nun on the precipice of taking her final vows to become a Catholic Nun when the unimaginable happened. While meditating on a secluded hillside within the confines of the Convent’s Property, Robin was viciously attacked, raped and murdered. Her killer has remained at large for the last forty six (46) years. Join the Cold Case Crew as they re-tell The Tragic Murder of Sister Roberta Elam, a 1977 Cold Case from Wheeling, West Virginia in the Northern Panhandle. 

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References:

Television:
The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes: S1 E6: Murder at the Convent

Youtube:
Mysterious WV- “Sister Roberta Elam Unsolved Murder” Episode 2

Newspapers:
The News (Patterson, NJ)
The Springfield News Sun (Springfield, OH)
The Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, WV)
The Raleigh Register (Beckley, WV)
The Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV) 

Websites:
https://uncovered.com/cases/roberta-elam
https://www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/crime-news/paul-holes-roberta-elam-nun-murder
https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/postulant-nun-strangled-to-death-while-praying-ce5ab09376e
https://weelunk.com/sister-robin-cold-case-part-1/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81755729/roberta-ann-elam

Podcasts:
The Trail Went Cold: Episode 237- Sister Roberta Elam
Redrum Blonde: Episode 30- The Murder of Sister Roberta Elam

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