In 1996, the city of Boulder, Colorado was rocked by the brutal murder of John Bonet Ramsey.

Her unsolved murder remains one of the most infamous cases in modern American history, was a plethora of books, TV shows and documentaries detailing the complex case.

However, just eight years prior, the town of Midlothian in Illinois was the scene of an

irally similar case.

In September of 1988, seven-year-old Jacqueline Duolabe vanished from her home in the middle of the night.

We were a safe community.

Something like that happening would have never crossed our

parents minds. The plot line of each case read like it was cut from the same cloth.

A little girl vanished from her home in the middle of the night.

A shattered basement window was put forward as a potential entry point for an intruder.

The crime scene was mishandled and the parents fell under a cloud of suspicion.

We're not ruling out that a relative or friend could be involved.

How can one case evoke national interest,

while another fall into obscurity. The Beauty Queen Polaroids of

John Biney Ramsey dominated the media as well as the family's wealth,

while the working-class lifestyles of Jacqueline Duolleby's family were scrutinized

almost exclusively by local news.

Both families launched an exhaustive defense, but the disparities in class meant that one

would be left bankrupt by the ordeal.

We like to imagine that a child's bedroom is a safe haven from predators.

We also like to imagine that we all know our neighbors, especially in small towns where everyone knows one another.

The notion that a stranger can slip into a child's bedroom

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