Murder of Arlis Perry
- Year
- 1974
- Where
- California
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
Arlis Kay Perry (née Dykema; February 22, 1955 – October 12, 1974) was a 19-year-old American newlywed who was murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church, within the grounds of Stanford University in California, on October 12, 1974. The murder went unsolved for more than forty years before police named Stephen Blake Crawford as the perpetrator following DNA profiling in 2018. Crawford, a security guard at Stanford who…
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- SOLVED: Arlis Perry 2Murder: True Crime Stories · 2026
- SOLVED: Arlis Perry 1Murder: True Crime Stories · 2026
- Case 137: Arlis PerryCasefile True Crime · 2020
- 183. Murder In A Church: Arlis PerryThe Desi Crime Podcast · 2026
- The Occult Murder of Arlis Perry in the Stanford Memorial Church with Todd of Killafornia and Walter Bosley.William Ramsey Investigates · 2025
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