Who Killed Christine Guenther?
The 15-year-old was abducted and murdered while she was on her way to a doctor’s appointment.
Christine Guenther had a doctor’s appointment scheduled on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, 1981. She had an ear infection a couple of months earlier and her doctor had asked her to come in for a routine checkup so he could make sure her ear was completely healed. The 15-year-old walked to the bus stop at Donaldson’s Crossroads & Route 19 in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, intending to catch the bus to her doctor’s office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of her friends drove by the bus stop around 1:00 pm and saw Christine standing there; she waved at her as she drove past. What happened to Christine after that was a mystery; she didn’t get on the bus and she never made it to her doctor’s appointment.
Christine’s parents reported her missing later that afternoon when she failed to return home to attend a football game with them as planned. Her father, Harry Guenther, told investigators that Christine had no history of running away from home and it was unlike her to go anywhere without letting her parents know. She was a sophomore at Peters Township High School, where she got good grades and was a member of the school’s tennis team. She considered her mother one of her best friends and told her everything. She…
