Case 52: Mary & Beth Stauffer, Jason Wilkman

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🗓️ 6 May 2017

⏱️ 117 minutes

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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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0:42.9	Arden Hills is an upscale suburban city located near St Paul in Rimsie County, Minnesota.
0:49.3	Bearing a population of less than 10,000 people, residents have a strong inclination towards
0:54.4	ruthenism or Catholicism. One of the main attractions within the city is Bethel University.
1:01.8	Covering 110 acres, the campus includes picturesque views of surrounding hills, ponds and
1:06.8	woods, as well as of classrooms, libraries and administrative buildings within. It also
1:12.8	has its own seminary campus, operated by the Baptist General Conference. The Baptist
1:18.7	General Conference also takes care of housing its missionaries in apartments at the same
1:23.3	campus. One of these missionaries was Mary Storfer.
1:26.3	Mary was born in Duluth, Minnesota, 150 miles north of Arden Hills. On June 20, 19
1:56.2	1943, at age 16 she was volunteering in her hometown for the Baptist Church, when
2:02.0	she met Irving Storfer, who was 19. Irving was from Duluth as well, and after graduating
2:08.6	high school, he went to Bethel University, where he obtained degrees in math and physics.
2:14.9	Mary and Irving began dating and in 1961 Mary finished high school. She moved to
2:20.3	Per Arden Hills and also attended Bethel University, graduating in 1965 with a degree in math
2:26.5	and a minor in music. After Mary and Irving got married, Irving attended seminary school
2:32.4	until the spring of 1967, while Mary taught math and algebra at Alexander-Riemsy High
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