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10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Kidnapper and Killer: David Meirhofer

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A quiet small-town handyman who led a double life, and was almost able to outsmart the FBI…but David Meirhofer never revealed the motive for his crimes.

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0:00.0

Discretion is advised.

0:16.0

This is 10-minute murder.

0:29.6

David Meyerhofer grew up as an outcast.

0:32.6

Soon after he was born in 1949, his parents moved their five kids to Manhattan, Montana,

0:39.8

a tiny town with a population of just over 700.

0:43.6

At Manhattan High School, David had a hard time making friends.

0:48.1

His peers thought that he was weird because he was quiet, and he kept to himself.

0:52.7

And he always seemed to be depressed or lost in his thoughts.

0:56.9

The year after David graduated from high school, he was drafted into the United States Army.

1:02.6

He then completed basic training in California.

1:05.9

While he was fighting in the Vietnam War, David started getting the recognition that he had

1:10.2

never received as a teenager.

1:12.5

His superiors noticed his talent in military strategy and telecommunication, and he received a

1:19.0

collection of awards before being honorably discharged four years later. After his discharge,

1:25.7

David wanted a quiet life. He moved back to Manhattan, Montana, and he set up shop as a carpenter and general handyman.

1:33.3

That same year, a seven-year-old girl disappeared from Missouri Headwaters State Park, where her family had been camping.

1:40.3

That park was only a 15-minute drive away from Manhattan. Three days later,

1:47.0

Susan Yeager was taken from her family's tent. The FBI in Denver received the phone call.

1:53.3

The caller claimed that he had kidnapped Susan and said he would release her in exchange for

1:58.3

$25,000. But until the second call came through, investigators

2:03.6

thought it was a hoax. On the 2nd of July, the same caller rang the Gallatin County Sheriff's

2:10.6

Office. Once again, he claimed to be Susan Yeager's abductor, but this time he doubled down his

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