Unsolved Cold Case Files: HENRIETTA RAGAN – An unsolved rape and murder in Leonardtown

Newspaper articles of the day detail a comprehensive investigation by the Maryland State Police, assisted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, that included “200 sets of fingerprints” and “lie tests.” A man with “scratches on his neck” was interrogated for four hours on the day Henrietta was murdered, but no arrest was made.

Henrietta Wilmer Ragan now rests next to her husband, Patrick, at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Cemetery in Leonardtown.

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