4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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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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