I-65 killer - live: New photo of Harry Edward Greenwell released as victim’s daughter reacts to breakthrough

Indiana State Police released a photo of the I-65 Killer, Harry Edward Greenwell, during a press conference on Tuesday.

The photo appears to be from a previous booking picture from an unrelated crime. The man appears younger in the photo than he was described by victims who survived his attacks.

Kim Gilbert Wright, the daughter of Jeanne Gilbert, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday shortly after the identity of the I-65 Killer was revealed. Ms Wright’s mother, Jeanne, was murdered by the man in 1989.

“I’d like to believe that whatever each of us defines as justice, or what each of us might define as closure, that we’re all now able to share the healing process knowing the long known attacker has now been brought out of the dark, into the light,” she said during the press conference.

On Tuesday members of the FBI, the Indiana State Police, and the Elizabethtown Police Department identified the I-65 Killer.

Watch the press conference where the killer was identified below.

On Tuesday, the I-65 Killer was identified as Harry Edward Greenwell.

The Independent’s Joe Sommerlad and Megan Sheets dive into the killer and the victims in their story below...

Police and members of the FBI announced Tuesday that they identified the I-65 Killer as Harry Edward Greenwell.

The Independent’s Sheila Flynn delves into the revelation in her story below...

Harry Edward Greenwell, who was identified Tuesday as the I-65 Killer, died in 2013 from cancer, according to authorities.

His death certificate was found in Iowa, as well as an obituary that painted the man as a kind and gregarious person, unaware of his dark history.

The obituary called him “a man with many friends who loved his straight-up attitude, and his willingness to help anyone,” and claimed he enjoyed gardening and selling his vegetables at a local farmers market.

It goes on to say he liked to travel, write, read, and watch college sports.

Prior to the revelation that he was a serial killer in the later 80’s and early 90’s, the man had been charged with several crimes and escaped prison on at least two occasions.

Harry Edward Greenwell, who has been identified as the I-65 Killer, was ultimately identified thanks to advances in DNA analysis and forensic investigation technologies.

Using what police called ‘investigative genealogy,” investigators were able to take Mr Greenwell’s DNA - which had been entered into FBI databases - from earlier run-ins with the law to determine his identity. In order to pinpoint that he was the one involved in the murders, investigators had to fill out his DNA profile using information from his family members.

A similar method was used in the identification of the Golden State Killer in 2018.

Indiana State Police released a photo of the I-65 Killer, Harry Edward Greenwell, during a press conference on Tuesday.

The photo appears to be from a previous booking picture from an unrelated crime. The man appears younger in the photo than he was described by victims who survived his attacks.

Kim Gilbert Wright, the daughter of Jeanne Gilbert, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday shortly after the identity of the I-65 Killer was revealed. Ms Wright’s mother, Jeanne, was murdered by the man in 1989.

“I’d like to believe that whatever each of us defines as justice, or what each of us might define as closure, that we’re all now able to share the healing process knowing the long known attacker has now been brought out of the dark, into the light,” she said during the press conference.

Indiana State Superintendent Doug Carter told reporters on Tuesday that some of the detectives in the department had been tracking the murderer who would later be identified as Harry Edward Greenwell for “literally generations.”

“There are detectives in this room that have been involved in this for some form or another for literally generations. They’re owed a debt of gratitude we can never possibly repay,” he said. “I hope today might bring a little bit of solace to know that the animal who did this is no longer on this Earth.”