The police are investigating the farmer’s allegations Iowa killed up to 70 women – after his daughter told authorities that “I know where the bodies are buried.”
Lucy Studdy claims her father, Donald Dean Studdy, was a serial killer who forced her and her siblings to dump the bodies of the women he killed down a 100-foot well.
She told authorities she was forced to use a wheelbarrow in the warm season and a sled in the winter to transport the corpses across farmland in Thurman, Iowa.
His four children followed their father’s order when he told them to “go to the mountains” because they were terrified they “wouldn’t come back,” according to his daughter.
According to her, Studi was “usually drunk” and liked to kill women by smashing their heads or kicking them in the trailer.
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the cadaver dogs alerted at least four locations on the grounds, with the latest receiving several “hits.”
Studi, who died in March 2013 at the age of 75, is accused of killing between 50 and 70 women and at least two men – one in his 40s and the other in his 20s.
Both of his wives predeceased him, police records show that one died after strangling herself with an electrical cord and the other shot herself.
Investigators believe his daughter’s statements, which would make Studie one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.
Investigators believe he lured a woman believed to be a sex worker from Omaha, Nebraska, to his five acres of land before killing them.
Lucy claims the women all had dark hair, were white and most were in their 20s to 30s, with the exception of the 15-year-old runaway.
They were all buried clothed and bejeweled, and Lucy claimed her father kept the gold teeth as trophies.
Donald Dean Studi’s daughter says he killed between 50 and 70 women as well as two men. Studi (pictured above) died in 2013
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that cadaver dogs alerted several locations on the property, as well as some on neighboring land
Lucy Studi claims her father, Donald Dean Studi, was a serial killer who forced her and her siblings to carry the bodies of women he killed down a 100-foot well
Lucy said Newsweek: “He was just telling us to go to the well, and I knew what that meant.
“Every time I went to the well or to the mountains, I didn’t think I was going down. I thought he was going to kill me because I wouldn’t keep my mouth shut.
“I have no feelings for my father. Nothing at all. I wanted justice when my father was alive and he was gone. I just want some closure and a proper burial for the families.”
Studi reportedly forced his children to pour dirt and chemical lye on their bodies after throwing them down a well.
Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Eistrup confirmed the investigation, saying “I believe her 100 percent that there are bodies there,” and said if they do excavate the scene, it will be a “huge mission.”
He added that the cost of drilling a well would be about $25,000 and a full excavation would cost more than $300,000.
The property on Green Hollow Road is not an official crime scene because officers have not yet recovered the remains
Authorities were alerted to her statements, which detailed that she used a wheelbarrow in the warm season and a sled in the winter to move corpses across farmland in Thurman, Iowa.
Lucy claims she and her four siblings kept quiet for fear their father, who died in March 2013 aged 75, would kill them
Aerial view of farmland in Iowa
The FBI and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are assisting local police in the investigation.
Studi, who had ‘love’ and ‘hate’ tattoos on his knuckles, is believed to have a criminal history but is known to have used several aliases.
He served prison terms in Missouri in the 1950s for petty theft and in Omaha in 1989 for driving under the influence. Police confirmed they rarely went to the trailer where he lived because they were “wary” of him.
Investigators believe his daughter’s claims would make Studie one of the most prolific serial killers in American history
The FBI and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are assisting local police in the investigation
Lucy added: “All I want is to dig up these places, close them to the public and give these women a decent burial. My father was a criminal and a murderer all his life.”
It is not yet clear whether her siblings cooperated with authorities, and her brother Gary took his own life at the age of 39.
Lucy claims she told her stories to several people over the years in an attempt to do something about it, but “no one listened.”
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