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Lori Jean Bolger:1976, Elgin, Illinois

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   Lori Jean Bolger was born on April 23rd 1960. Easter Sunday was on April 17th that year. So Lori came into the world with Spring flowers and blossoming trees. Her mother was Jeanette E. DuMoulin Bolger (later Collins) and James Paul Bolger. Terrence, Lawrence, and Tina were her siblings. Lori was the youngest.    On the 13th of June in 1976, Lori’s father passed away after a long illness.     Lori had been taking a summer course for driver’s education. She was making up work because she had missed several classes during the regular school year because she, quite understandably, wanted to be by her father’s side as much as possible before he passed away.   She had the opportunity to re-take those classes in order to get her driver’s license. On Tuesday, June 22nd she was dropped off at Larkin High School by her older sister. After class, she was last seen hitchhiking for a ride home. She was planning to go straight h...
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Sylvia Likens:1965, Indianapolis, Indiana

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        When you hear of a victim tortured to death slowly in a basement; you don’t think that the perpetrators would be a mother and her children. You wouldn’t imagine that other children from the neighborhood would also participate over many weeks. You wouldn’t imagine that not one of those people would tell the police. But that is exactly who killed Sylvia Likens. In this case, it was not a predatory man that Sylvia had to fear but the woman who was being paid to care for Sylvia and her sister.    This case raises so many disturbing questions.  Why did none of the children speak up?  I don’t ask this to shame and blame them but more to understand the psychology of this.  Were they afraid that no one would believe them? Had they become convinced that Sylvia deserved this? Did they worry that they would be culpable now that they knew?  Many of them were encouraged to also kick and injure Sylvia and they did.   ...
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Elizabeth and John Carter:1974, Michigan City, Indiana

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     Elizabeth Marie Fulkerson was born on April 5th, 1956.     She attended Rogers High School in Michigan City, Indiana.  In 1973, she married Lawrence A. Carter on March 10th.    The Carters lived at 833 Odell Street in Michigan City in 1974.    17 year old Elizabeth Marie Fulkerson Carter and her baby, John were at home on January 29th, 1974. A fire broke out shortly before 3 p.m. and neither Elizabeth or her baby made it out of the house. Lawrence Carter was at work. Firefighters were told by neighbors that they didn’t think anyone was inside.    At first this was thought to be just a terrible accidental fire. Elizabeth Carter’s remains were at a funeral home being embalmed when the funeral director noticed embalming fluid leaking from a bullet hole in her side. He called the police and a medical examiner arrived who performed an autopsy.    An investigation would reveal that E...
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