Sandra Kay MEINKE

1954 - 1969  (14 years)

• Name	Sandra Kay MEINKE
  Birth	14 Sep 1954	Rice County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Aug 1969	Le Sueur County, Minnesota
  Notes	She was kidnapped and murdered by James Harold Johnson on the evening of August 31, 1969. Johnson, who had an extensive criminal history of attacking girls and women, had been found not guilty by reason of insanity in one of those earlier cases. He had been released on parole after a psychiatrist determined he would be unlikely to repeat his crime in the future. Sandra was abducted while she was riding home on her motorbike. She had been out looking for her younger sister. Sandra’s partially clothed body was found on September 11th near Montgomery in LeSueur County, about 15 miles from hr home. Her skull had been fractured and a gag had been placed in her mouth. Johnson was convicted of kidnapping and third degree murder and sentenced to 40 years in Stillwater State Prison. He died there in 1989.
  Person ID	I1730	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Paul MEINKE,   b. 2 Apr 1934, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota d. 18 Oct 2000, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Joann Lillian DOCKEN,   b. 26 Jun 1933, Rice County, Minnesota d. 13 Oct 2023, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1954	Rice County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F1244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart