28-year-old Lola, AKA Kathy, Kat, or Lolabee, as her family lovingly called her, was excited for a fresh start just before the holidays in 1993. She’d just left her job at an Indianapolis nightclub and was wrapping up the process of moving two hours northeast of Fort Wayne to live with her older sister. Kathy was planning to take her life down a new road and go back to school, maybe start a family.
But before she could ever make good on those plans… something happened. Though, the specifics of what exactly that something was is still something we are trying to piece together today.
Episode Info
If you have any information about the disappearance of Lola Katherine “Kathy” Fry in November of 1993, please call the Indiana State Police at (317) 899-8266, or you can provide an anonymous tip by calling Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS (8477).
- If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, please know that resources are available. You can reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788.
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Episode Source Material
- Spotify: Unfound (podcast): Lola Katherine Fry: A Matter of Timing.
- The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN): Woman missing for 3 weeks via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Foul play feared in vanishing by Val Walton via Newspapers.com.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): Ex-area woman missing by Kim McCullough via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN): Police still seek 4 missing women by Diane Frederick via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Woman’s fate still mystery 8 months after she vanished by Richelle Thompson via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Woman’s fate still mystery 8 months after she vanished by Richelle Thompson via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN): Living a Nightmare: Missing Woman Haunts Her Sister’s Dreams by Ila Aske via NewsLibrary.com.
- The Community Shopper (Fortville, IN): Grieving Parents Hope to Hold Benefit by K.B. Laugheed via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN): Still Waiting: Missing woman’s family in anguish by Diane Frederick via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN): Still Waiting: Missing woman’s family in anguish by Diane Frederick via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): Family still searching for missing daughter by Yolanda Smith via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): New clues emerge in case of missing local woman by Monica Scandlen via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): New clues emerge in case of missing local woman by Monica Scandlen via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Bones aren’t those of woman missing for a year, officials say via Newspapers.com.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): Family still waiting after nine years by Bryan Corbin via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): Family still waiting after nine years by Bryan Corbin via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Woman’s loss leaves family deeply pained by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Woman’s loss leaves family deeply pained by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Reporter-Times (Martinsville, IN): Searchers find items linked to human bones by Bette Nunn via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Reporter-Times (Martinsville, IN): Searchers find items linked to human bones by Bette Nunn via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Excavation fails to find any bodies by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Excavation fails to find any bodies by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Police aren’t doing enough, say kin of missing woman by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Police aren’t doing enough, say kin of missing woman by Paul Bird via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): Stolen truck discovered in subdivision retention pond via Newspapers.com.
- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN): Woman and her car vanished in ’93 by Diana Penner via Newspapers.com.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): ‘If we forget, then she’s forgotten’ by Steve Garbacz via Newspapers.com. Page 1.
- The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN): ‘If we forget, then she’s forgotten’ by Steve Garbacz via Newspapers.com. Page 2.
- Find Katherine Fry (Indiana): About Me.