Evelyn Hartley was a studious and steadfast 15 year old girl, just living a normal life with her parents and siblings in La Crosse Wisconsin. One night she took a babysitting job for her father's co- worker (a college professor) and never returned. The disappearance is mysterious and the later confession even more mysterious. 

 

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<li><a href='https://worldcat.org/title/61690167'>Where's Evelyn? : the 1953 babysitter's kidnapping that shook the nation Author: Susan T. Hessel Publisher: Lessons from Life, La Crosse, WI, ©2005</a></li>
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<a href='http://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/local-history/history-repeats/evelyn-hartley/'>"Evelyn Hartley – News archives 26 Oct 1953 to 27 Feb 1997"</a>. La Crosse Public Library.</li>
<li><a href='https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/'>Home - The True Crime Database</a></li>
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<a href='https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&amp;dat=19540121&amp;id=oJkuAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=3036,885842'>"Police Hold man in Abduction Case"</a>. Reading Eagle. Reading, PA. UP. January 21, 1954.</li>
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279: The Crimes of David Spanbauer

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