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Michiel Louise Winkel:1980, Muscatine County, Iowa

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     Michiel Louise Winkel was born on February 15th, 1958. Her parents were Mary Louise Terre Winkel and Francis Henry “Frank” Winkel. Michiel had two sisters and two brothers.    Michiel was a 1977 graduate of Muscatine High School. She was attending Bemidji State University in Minnesota in 1980. (One of her older sisters lived in Bemidji too so that town probably felt like a good choice for college. It’s nice to be independent but also nice to have someone close if you need a bit of help or advice.   Michiel was quiet, studious and sensitive. She had worked for a short time at Dairy Queen in Muscatine, Iowa but would often burst into tears when harshly criticized there. (In her defense, people were meaner then, in my opinion. Many folks thought nothing of teasing someone until they cried and then making fun of them for crying.)    Michiel was home for break in Muscatine, Iowa in April 1980.    On April 21st,...
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Mary Ann Hutchinson:1979, Evanston, Illinois

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       Mary Ann Hutchinson lived in Evanston, Illinois in 1979.    Very little is available online about Mary Ann and her life. What we do know is that she is missing.    Mary Ann Hutchinson was last seen on July 19th, 1979. Her mother, Jane Hutchinson reported her missing on July 22nd, 1979. Mary Ann lived at 1802 Lake Street in Evanston, Illinois in 1979.     Evanston is north of Chicago. It sits along the shore of Lake Michigan.   1802 Lake Street is a two story house in a very charming neighborhood in Evanston. The area has large trees, nice sidewalks and houses of varying styles. On Google earth it looks like the kind of neighborhood that just about anyone would want to live in. Daffodils spring up out of yards behind white picket fences there. It’s lovely.    Lake Street is several blocks away from Lake Michigan. It was July. Would Mary Ann have gone to the lake to cool off?  ...
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Saundra Jean McCarty Miller, 1977, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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       January 3rd, 1977 was a Monday night. It was almost a full moon but not quite yet. The moon would be full the on the 5th. It was cold and crisp and the weather was clear. It should’ve been an ordinary and quiet Monday night, but that night in eastern Pennsylvania two women were murdered in close proximity.   Deborah Ann Hales was abducted and murdered by a policeman in Upper Moreland shortly after she left work around 11 p.m. Her murder was solved right away when her body was turned over and the badge of the policeman who had attempted to rape her was found covered in her blood. John Joseph Palmer was that police officer. He was tried and convicted. He is still serving a life sentence today.    Saundra Jean Miller was abducted and murdered by an unknown person sometime after 9:20 p.m. (Her name is spelled Sandra in most news articles.) She was found on Narrows Hill Road in Bridgeton Township about 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday the 4th of J...
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