Nancy Ludwig

[mrblueshoes81]

Does anyone have any information about the 1991 murder of Northwest Airlines flight attendant Nancy Ludwig in Romulus, Michigan? I watched the "Forensic Files" episode about it but can anyone tell me which hotel that it occurred? I've read that it was the Hilton Airport Inn at that time but is it still a Hilton or has it been renamed and where is it located?

[Aslan]

Hi there mrblue!

afaik It's still there. Instead of being called the Hilton Airport Inn, it's now known as the Hilton Garden Inn
http://www.hiltongardeninn.com/en/gi...tyhocn=DETMAGI

Hope that helps

[One2Snoop]

Blood Justice

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel near Detroit. The next morning she was found gagged, raped, and tortured-her throat slit with such rage that she was nearly decapitated. Her husband Arthur never gave up hope that the future would bring enough evidence to close the case. But it was the past that held the clue.In 1985, fifty-five-year old Margarette Eby, a music professor, met the same grisly death at her cottage in Flint, Michigan. The case went cold-until six years later when the victim's son Mark came upon the story of Nancy Ludwig's slaying. With nothing to go on but intuition, he called authorities, certain that the same fiend committed both crimes.A cunning sting operation yielded irrefutable DNA evidence, and authorities were led to the home of respected navy veteran Jeffrey Gorton living quietly with his wife and two children. But his cold-blooded secrets were only beginning to come to light leaving fears that there were more victims yet to be found in a killing spree that had finally come to an end.

From the Back Cover

A Husband's Anguish
In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel near Detroit. The next morning she was found gagged, raped, and tortured-her throat slit with such rage that she was nearly decapitated. Her husband Arthur never gave up hope that the future would bring enough evidence to close the case. But it was the past that held the clue.

A Son's Suspicion
In 1985, fifty-five-year old Margarette Eby, a music professor, met the same grisly death at her cottage in Flint, Michigan. The case went cold-until six years later when the victim's son Mark came upon the story of Nancy Ludwig's slaying. With nothing to go on but intuition, he called authorities, certain that the same fiend committed both crimes.

A Killer's Secret
A cunning sting operation yielded irrefutable DNA evidence, and authorities were led to the home of respected navy veteran Jeffrey Gorton living quietly with his wife and two children. But his cold-blooded secrets were only beginning to come to light leaving fears that there were more victims yet to be found in a killing spree that had finally come to an end.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS.../truecrimes-20

[One2Snoop]

Ludwig Murder Trial Gets Under Way
Man Charged With 1991 Rape, Murder

POSTED: 6:31 pm EDT August 19, 2002
UPDATED: 6:51 pm EDT August 19, 2002

Opening arguments were heard Monday in the case of a man charged with the decade-old rape and murder of a Northwest Airlines flight attendant.


Wayne County prosecutors have charged Jeffrey Gorton (pictured, left), 39, of Clio, Mich., with the murder of Nancy Ludwig

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More news stories at the link...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/1621727/detail.html

[aly]

She was murdered in the Detroit Hilton Inn. I believe it is now called the Doubletree. I worked for Continental Airlines at the time and stayed there right after her murder. I went back 11 years later and the driver said it is now the doubletree

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

She was murdered in the Detroit Hilton Inn. I believe it is now called the Doubletree. I worked for Continental Airlines at the time and stayed there right after her murder. I went back 11 years later and the driver said it is now the doubletree

I rememeber this so well and I know that area so well. It was such a sad and brutal crime. And they had no suspects for so long it seems.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

She was murdered in the Detroit Hilton Inn. I believe it is now called the Doubletree. I worked for Continental Airlines at the time and stayed there right after her murder. I went back 11 years later and the driver said it is now the doubletree

Welcome to CL aly

[aly]

Thanks Sara...I was looking up information on her murder. It has always haunted me. I stayed at the hilton inn with the rest of my crew 3 days after she was murdered in 1991. A man that looked like Mr. Gorton knocked on my hotel room door and when I when I asked who it was he wouldn't answer. He put his eye right up to the peephole so his eye was right next to mine with the door b/w us. The police came to my room and I gave them my information but they never called. I am so grateful they finally found him.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

Thanks Sara...I was looking up information on her murder. It has always haunted me. I stayed at the hilton inn with the rest of my crew 3 days after she was murdered in 1991. A man that looked like Mr. Gorton knocked on my hotel room door and when I when I asked who it was he wouldn't answer. He put his eye right up to the peephole so his eye was right next to mine with the door b/w us. The police came to my room and I gave them my information but they never called. I am so grateful they finally found him.

Oh aly I am so sorry. That must have been pretty spooky. I have never had that happen to me but it would make me feel pretty uncomfortable.

[aly]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

Oh aly I am so sorry. That must have been pretty spooky. I have never had that happen to me but it would make me feel pretty uncomfortable.

Sara, I have ;earned that we never know how close we come to death, so be grateful for life. I know as sure as I am looking at my hand that Nancy was there that evening. How did you find this sight?

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

Sara, I have ;earned that we never know how close we come to death, so be grateful for life. I know as sure as I am looking at my hand that Nancy was there that evening. How did you find this sight?

aly I have been posting here since November 2007. How about you?

[aly]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

aly I have been posting here since November 2007. How about you?

I just signed in for the first time yesterday. I was ready to find out more of what happened so I googled information on the murder. I also wanted to find out if Mr, Gorton is still in jail.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

I just signed in for the first time yesterday. I was ready to find out more of what happened so I googled information on the murder. I also wanted to find out if Mr, Gorton is still in jail.

What did you find out? I am going to go to sleep now. I have not been feeling 100%. I will be here tomorrow. Have a good night.

[aly]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

What did you find out? I am going to go to sleep now. I have not been feeling 100%. I will be here tomorrow. Have a good night.

Sara, not too much more than I already knew. Sometimes these criminals get out on parole, but he hasn't. I really wanted to find out if he was linked to any more murders. I believe in my heart that he has, they just haven't connected the dots yet. I wish there was internet back in 1991 when it happened. Hope you are feeling better tomorrow...

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

Sara, not too much more than I already knew. Sometimes these criminals get out on parole, but he hasn't. I really wanted to find out if he was linked to any more murders. I believe in my heart that he has, they just haven't connected the dots yet. I wish there was internet back in 1991 when it happened. Hope you are feeling better tomorrow...

I thought he was linked to other murders. I will look into it later. I am going back to bed.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

I thought he was linked to other murders. I will look into it later. I am going back to bed.

I googled her name and found out there was another murder by him in Flint. I believe fingerprints matched it up even though the murders were years apart. There is a book called Murders in Michigan by Tom Henderson about both. Also before both murders he was arrested in Florida for assault. I do not have a lot more detail but I bet the book is good.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

I googled her name and found out there was another murder by him in Flint. I believe fingerprints matched it up even though the murders were years apart. There is a book called Murders in Michigan by Tom Henderson about both. Also before both murders he was arrested in Florida for assault. I do not have a lot more detail but I bet the book is good.

I read further and I stand corrected. He was caught by the same DNA at both places and then fingerprints later. Authorities also thought he may have been guilty of more murders but so far have not been able to prove it
And I also read he had boxes and suitcases full of women's lingerie.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

I read further and I stand corrected. He was caught by the same DNA at both places and then fingerprints later. Authorities also thought he may have been guilty of more murders but so far have not been able to prove it
And I also read he had boxes and suitcases full of women's lingerie.

As I read further I found that he received 3 life sentences for one murder and life without parole on the other.

[Evening2]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

As I read further I found that he received 3 life sentences for one murder and life without parole on the other.

Thanks for posting about this case. I wasn't at all familiar with it. Welcome to CL aly.
Hope you get to feeling better, Sara.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by Evening2

Thanks for posting about this case. I wasn't at all familiar with it. Welcome to CL aly.
Hope you get to feeling better, Sara.

Thanks Evening2. I am glad we are both better. aly I hope I am not giving you repeated information. I hope what I posted helps you.

[aly]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

Thanks Evening2. I am glad we are both better. aly I hope I am not giving you repeated information. I hope what I posted helps you.

Thanks for the info Sara. A&E has this story; cold case #47. The story goes into the fact that he had boxes and boxes of lingerie in his attic and his wife didn't know about them. They mentioned that a lot of them were neighbors underwear that went missing. I am glad to know that he has many life sentences; I hope he never gets out.
Thank you for the welcome Evening!

[aly]

Originally Posted by aly

Thanks for the info Sara. A&E has this story; cold case #47. The story goes into the fact that he had boxes and boxes of lingerie in his attic and his wife didn't know about them. They mentioned that a lot of them were neighbors underwear that went missing. I am glad to know that he has many life sentences; I hope he never gets out.
Thank you for the welcome Evening!

didn't know you were sick sara; I hope you are feeling better

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

didn't know you were sick sara; I hope you are feeling better

I am aly thanks. I hope you are well also. Do you still fly? must be a rough schedule.

[aly]

Originally Posted by SaraSidle

I am aly thanks. I hope you are well also. Do you still fly? must be a rough schedule.

Sara,
No, I left 3 years ago. I loved it so, but the industry was going through a hard time and I didn't see it changing for years. I couldn't last long with all of the cutbacks on work rules and pay. Funny though; I flew to Las Vegas today to do site inspections of hotels for seminars that my company has, and I am flying to Seattle this weekend for a friends wedding. I still love flying! How a/b you?

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by aly

Sara,
No, I left 3 years ago. I loved it so, but the industry was going through a hard time and I didn't see it changing for years. I couldn't last long with all of the cutbacks on work rules and pay. Funny though; I flew to Las Vegas today to do site inspections of hotels for seminars that my company has, and I am flying to Seattle this weekend for a friends wedding. I still love flying! How a/b you?

I have always loved flying. Since I was about 5 years old. But the last 3 years I have been unable to afford it. Your job sounds very interesting!!

[Its just me]

Originally Posted by aly

Sara,
No, I left 3 years ago. I loved it so, but the industry was going through a hard time and I didn't see it changing for years. I couldn't last long with all of the cutbacks on work rules and pay. Funny though; I flew to Las Vegas today to do site inspections of hotels for seminars that my company has, and I am flying to Seattle this weekend for a friends wedding. I still love flying! How a/b you?

bumping post to get beyond sick soul posting porn.

[SaraSidle]

Originally Posted by Its just me

bumping post to get beyond sick soul posting porn.

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