LaDonna Cooper was a 32 year old loving mother of three, working second shift at Bonanza restaurant in Marion Illinois when her life was senselessly taken directly after her shift for reasons known only to the murderer(s). Clues were left behind as to the motive of the crime, but the case remains open and unsolved still to this day.

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35 Years of Mystery: Questions Still Unanswered in the 1987 LaDonna Cooper Massacre | local news – Illionois News (darik.news) 
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