The Murder of Mandi Alexander & Mary Drake
Episode 228
Mandi Alexander, Mary Drake & The Suspect’s Composite
On a hot and humid Tuesday night in September of 2002, Great Bend, Kansas was rocked by a brutal and senseless double murder. Twenty-four year old Mandi Alexander was working her third day in her new job at the Dolly Madison Bakery when she was brutally murdered.
Seventy-nine year old Mary Drake, a lifelong resident of Great Bend, dropped in to the bakery that night to pickup a loaf of bread. Authorities theorize that she walked in either right after or in the middle of Mandi's murder. When the killer saw her, he couldn't allow her to escape alive.
For more than twenty years the mystery behind these brutal and heinous crimes have haunted the friends and family who continue to grieve without answers. Was this a targeted attack, a robbery gone wrong or a completely random act of violence?
The Dolly Madison Murders Documentary \|/ Aaron Mull's YouTube Channel
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KBI: New DNA evidence in 20-year-old Great Bend double murder - KAKE
Murdered: Mary Drake | Great Bend, KS | Uncovered
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20 years later: Memories of life before, after Great Bend murders
Double homicide remains unsolved - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE
Watch The Dolly Madison Murders (2023) - Free Movies | Tubi
(4) The Dolly Madison Murders: Official Trailer - YouTube
Trailer for Dolly Madison murder documentary released - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE
Crime Stoppers is still anonymous - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE
Kirsten Danielle Desiree Coble 2002 - 2021 - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE
Someone needs to come forward on unsolved murders - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE
Mandi Alexander (mandialexander) on Myspace
(1) KS - KS - Mandi Alexander, 24, & Mary Drake, 79, Great Bend, 4 Sept 2002 | Websleuths
Mandi Kay Sunderland Alexander (1978-2002) - Find a Grave Memorial
Mary A Campbell Drake (1923-2002) - Find a Grave Memorial
Share petition · Stop the mishandling of evidence in the Dolly Madison Bakery Murders. · Change.org
1004 Harrison St - Google Maps
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mandi Alexander Murder - Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County, Kansas
(6) The Dolly Madison Murders - FULL CASE DEEP DIVE - YouTube
Mandi Kay (Sunderland) Redman Alexander_Headstone