Murder of Tina Harmon

Tina Harmon
Born
Tina Marie Harmon

June 9, 1969 (1969-06-09)
Creston, Ohio, United States
DiedOctober 29, 1981(1981-10-29) (aged 12)
Lodi, Ohio, United States
Cause of deathStrangulation
Body discoveredNovember 3, 1981 (1981-11-03)
Bethlehem Township, Ohio
OccupationStudent
Known forMurder victim

Tina Marie Harmon (June 9, 1969 – October 29, 1981) was a 12-year-old American girl who was abducted, raped, and murdered on October 29, 1981, after being dropped off in Lodi, Ohio. After the discovery of her body, she was later buried at the Maple Mound Cemetery. Two men were originally wrongfully convicted of her murder on circumstantial evidence, but later had their convictions overturned after new evidence pointed to Robert Anthony Buell, who had recently been arrested for rape and murder of 11-year-old Krista Harrison. Harmon's murder was solved in 2010 when DNA from the individual who raped her was matched to Buell, who had been executed in 2002 for Harrison's murder.