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Cold CASE: PA Woman Was Seeking Divorce Before Her 1960 Murder

Helen Drummond Fischer was 55 years old when she was murdered, state police investigators say. 

Helen Drummond Fischer and her Doylestown home circa 1960. 

Helen Drummond Fischer and her Doylestown home circa 1960. 

Photo Credit: Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers

Authorities found Fischer dead from "numerous injuries" at her Pebble Hill Road home in Doylestown on Feb. 17, 1960. She was last seen alive by a friend the weekend prior on Feb. 13. 

A Chicago native, investigators said she was self-employed as a travel agent and ran her business out of her home. 

Fischer was married to "millionaire industrialist" Kermit Fischer, but authorities say they were estranged — Helen was reportedly seeking a divorce and even had pending assault charges against her husband at the time of her death, police wrote. 

Kermit died on a business trip in Antwerp, Belgium in 1971, according to his New York Times obituary

Anyone with information should call the Pennsylvania State Police at 610-861-2026 or submit a tip via Crimewatch

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