MUS-2026-0069
Archive card
MUS-2026-0069
Homicide
- Incident
- 1991
- Indexed
- Oct 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Pawtucket Police Department
- Location
- Pawtucket RI
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Wendy Madden, 23, left her Pawtucket, Rhode Island home to buy cigarettes on March 11, 1991 and never returned. Her strangled body was found behind a bar two days later. A detective reopened the case in 2013 and pursued DNA leads, but no charges were ever filed. Project: Cold Case lists the murder as unsolved.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1991
Wendy Madden, 23, leaves her Pawtucket home to buy cigarettes and never returns. Her strangled body is found behind a bar two days later.
- 2013
A detective reopens the case and pursues DNA leads.
- 2026
No charges have ever been filed. The murder remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
23, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Left home to buy cigarettes on March 11, 1991 and never returned; her strangled body was found behind a bar two days later.
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