Laura Lollar

DOB: January 1, 1971 

    On August 22, 2004, a friend of Laura Lollar reported that he was concerned for her as he had not seen her in three weeks.  He said that, typically, he would at least hear from Laura every three or four days. Her ex-husband was also concerned about her absence as he, too, had been checking for her at a few places but had not been able to find her nor anyone who had recently seen or heard from her.  Her ex-husband said that he would normally see Laura at least once a week as he has their three oldest children and she would see them regularly.  On August 26, 2004, a missing persons report was filed.

    On January 26, 2005, the defendant spoke with detectives concerning missing women and the death of Laura Lollar.  Her picture was produced by police and shown to the defendant. He acknowledged that he remembered her and that she was one of those he had murdered and whose body he had burned.  He said that he picked her up on the north end of Peoria near Madison and Spring streets.  Bright told detectives that he particularly remembered killing Laura Lollar because she is the one he felt sorry about because, while he was killing her, she was struggling and telling him that she had kids as she was dying in front of him. He strangled her, he said, and then burned her body and dumped the remains at the sites he described.  He believed and said to police that she was the second to last woman he killed.

 

Laura Lollar was 33 years old.

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