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May 2017
1h 55m

Case 52: Mary & Beth Stauffer, Jason Wil...

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In May 1980, Mary Stauffer was a happily married mother-of-two, living in Minnesota. She and her family were about to make a big move to the Philippines, where Mary and her husband had previously worked as Christian missionaries. In the lead up to their departure, Mary took her eight-year-old daughter Beth for a haircut at a local beauty salon.

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Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher

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