Dan Dreifort Lisa Pruett Shaker Heights Ohio

Dan dreifort and his dad together conspired to kill lisa.

Dan dreifort lisa pruett shaker heights ohio. Twenty nine years ago the 16 year old shaker heights high school junior was found murdered. Many residents of shaker heights still believe kevin young killed lisa pruett. I was a student at shaker and had known lisa pruett since elementary school. It will be 29 years since 16 year old lisa pruett was murdered behind a mansion.

The shaker heights police detectives were out of their element with this one and pressure was on them to solve it quick. It was also the day she was reunited with her boyfriend dan dreifort who he hadn t seen in a while. Lisa pruett 16 was found stabbed 21 times in the back yard of a shaker heights home on sept. Dad was a weirdo possibly abusive and there are mixed reports on what he thought of his son s girlfriend.

Our two children deborah and daniel attended public schools in cleveland heights and shaker heights and went on to obtain degrees from ohio university in athens. When i arrived at school i was at my locker which was close to the aldersyde road entrance dan dreifort seo was literally walking down the hall punching lockers completely enraged. Her body was found behind a mansion stabbed 21 times. But a close look at the evidence some of which was never presented at young s trial or leaked to the press.

The main suspect was classmate kevin young who was tried for the crime and acquitted in 1993 and in 2017 died at age 44. Sixteen year old pruett was found dead behind her boyfriend dan dreifort s home in the early morning hours of september 14th 1990. Someone had stabbed her 21 times with a weapon that was was never found. Dan dreifort killed lisa.

His dad covered up for him in his statement because he didn t want his son to do time in jail. I was heading to the high school when the news broke of lisa s murder. She had been stabbed 21 times with a knife like object that has. Her screams were heard just before 12 30 a m.

She snuck out of her house that night to go see him. She retired from her last job in 2006 and now devotes her time to hobbies and community volunteer work. Unlike most people who graduate from ou they both stayed in athens. Lisa pruett seen here in as a freshman in the 1989 1990 shaker heights high school yearbook in july 1993 young was found not guilty of aggravated murder in pruett s stabbing death court records.

Shaker heights ohio saturday marks a painful anniversary in the city of shaker heights.