In part 1 of the Reker case, four agencies were two years into the homicide investigation with little to show for it. Little did they know, the twists and turns in their investigation were just beginning.
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Episode Info
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Episode Source Material
- Cold cases of Stearns County, by Robert M. Dudley.
- FOX 9: Mother of murdered girls confronts suspected killer on his deathbed.
- FOX 9: Reker murders: Connection or coincidence?
- KARE 11: KARE 11 Investigates: New lead in Minnesota cold case double murder, by A.J. Lagoe and Steve Eckert.
- Minneapolis Star: Slain girls’ final hours retraced, by Dave Anderson via Newspapers.com.
- SC Times: 40 years after sisters killed, questions remain, by David Unze.
- St. Cloud Times: 2 years later: Reker trail remains cold, by Mark Pearson via Newspapers.com.
- St. Cloud Times: Defendant’s past kept officers wary, by Michael Norton via Newspapers.com.
- St. Cloud Times: ‘I’m sorry,’ confessed kidnapper tells court, by Mark Pearson via Newspapers.com.
- Star Tribune: Details still eerie 28 years after girls were slain, by Curt Brown via Newspapers.com.
- Survivors: National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. Volume 36, issue 2.