MidMichigan in the early 1970s.

It sure seemed like there were a lot of women going missing, a lot of women found murdered.

It was a scary and unsettling time, and I believe that some of these cases were the work of a serial killer,

a man whose name you likely haven't heard before, Gerald Leroy Wingert.

January 27, 1973, Donald Magyar, who went by Don, he was worried, his 20-year-old wife Don,

and yeah, I know that's a little confusing, Don and Don.

She hadn't made it back to their home after a day of shopping.

She should have returned by now. It wasn't like her to be late to tend to him and their little boy,

a little boy who'd celebrated his first birthday just a few days earlier.

She should have called to let him know that she was going to be late.

This wasn't like her at all. Don called the police.

And police took his concerns about his missing wife seriously, and they started looking for her right away, piloting their cruisers through neighborhoods and parking lots,

checking license plate numbers, and turning their head to track any woman walking by who matched Don's description.

The truck she'd borrowed from her father-in-law earlier in the day was found abandoned at a store just north of a wasso.

The keys to the truck were found underneath the vehicle.

The passenger's side door was locked, but the driver's door it was unlocked.

Police feared that an abduction took place, and that her keys were lost in a struggle.

Police put out Don's description to the public so they could keep an eye out for her, blue eyes, blonde hair, 5'7 slim build.

She was last seen wearing a brown suede jacket, blue slacks, and light brown shoes.

She also wears glasses when she drives.

Police retraced Don's steps learning that she stopped at a JC Penny earlier that day where she shopped for clothes.

Then she drove to stadium Plaza about a quarter mile north of a wasso on M52 where she picked up groceries.

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