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And now on to the show.

The following episode contains disturbing accounts of physical and sexual violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

The route to school was about five to six blocks.

So on that day, Maurice left alone and she disappeared.

This was indeed one of the more unimaginable things

that happened to this community back then.

What's happening to my family's life?

Why have we been inflicted with such a horrible injury?

People crying, people jumping up and down, trying to deal with the horror.

Could it be someone that my parents knew, someone that Maurice knew?

Could the perpetrator have been someone within our own family?

It was the question the community was asking for over half a century.

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. Only about 1% are ever solved. This is one of those

rare stories. Amanda Christman is a reporter with the Hazleton Standard Speaker.

Hazleton is roughly two hours away from New York City and Philadelphia.

It's in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Our roots stem from the coal mining industry.

Folks here have always been blue collar,

hardworking, tough people.

But that said, Hazleton has some of the biggest hearts.

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