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Stephen B. Small. Stephen Burrell Small (18 March 1947 – 2 September 1987) [1] was a prominent American businessman in Kankakee, Illinois. In 1987, he was kidnapped and held for ransom by Danny Edwards and Nancy Rish. The conditions of his confinement caused him to die of asphyxiation.
At least 36 people: Child sexual abuse* Kern County, California: Varied Varied Some The Kern County child abuse cases are a notable example of day-care sex-abuse hysteria of the 1980s. The cases involved claims that a pedophile sex ring performed Satanic ritual abuse: as many as 60 young children testified they had been abused. At least 36 ...
Sentence. Death (1997) Commuted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (2007) The murder of Megan Nicole Kanka (December 7, 1986 – July 29, 1994) occurred in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Seven-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, after he lured her ...
Hamilton K. Wheeler (August 5, 1848 – July 19, 1918) was an Illinois State Senator and U.S. Representative from Kankakee [circular reference] Herman W. Snow (1836–1914), U.S. representative, Civil War captain, lived and died in Kankakee. Rick Winkel (born 1956), Illinois state legislator, was born in Kankakee.
1966–1982. 3+. Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois. [38] [39] John Wayne Gacy. Norwood Park. 1972–1978. 33-45. Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men and boys.
20 years in prison [a] On January 3, 2022, 911 reported that 66-year-old Sheila Fletcher and her husband, Clay Fletcher, had found her 36-year-old daughter Lacey Ellen Fletcher dead on their couch. It was revealed that for at least 12 years, Lacey Fletcher had been neglected by her parents after becoming unable to leave her house due to a ...
This story was first published July 13, 2024. It was updated July 15, 2024, to correct where the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is based. It is based in Denver, not Kansas City, Missouri.
Per a 2017 report, the U.S. states of Oregon, Arizona, and Alaska have the highest numbers of missing-person cases per 100,000 people. In Canada—with a population a little more than one tenth that of the United States—the number of missing-person cases is smaller, but the rate per capita is higher, with an estimated 71,000 reported in 2015.