Arles Perry, born Arles Dijkama, had lived in Palawato, California for a short period

of time when she was murdered in 1974.

Earlier that year, she had married her high school sweetheart, Bruce Perry, who was attending

Stanford University.

Before his sophomore year, the two had married, and Arles joined him in the Golden State,

which was a far cry from her hometown of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Arles, who was very religious, struggled to adapt to her new environment.

She began working for a Palawato law firm, but struggled to make new friends, and she

ended up spending a lot of her free time at a church nearby the dormitory she lived

at with her husband, Bruce.

The church was the Stanford Memorial Church, an epic, grand-looking cathedral that was

just a short walk away from their dorm.

Arles had lived on the Stanford University campus for only eight weeks, when on the night

of October 12th, 1974.

Her and her husband, Bruce, got into an argument.

After arguing for a short period of time, she set off for the nearby Memorial Church

at around 11 pm.

Hours began to pass, and Arles did not return home.

Bruce, who had been studying and napping on and off throughout the evening, called police

at a little after 3 am, but Arles would not be found for a couple of hours after that.

At around 5.40 in the morning, the security guard that had closed up the Stanford Memorial

Church, named Stephen Crawford, allegedly discovered a side door of the church which had been

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