Some quick housekeeping before we get started. We're going to be taking a little break

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Okay, on to the case.

It was a hot summer afternoon in 1974 in Prairie Village, Kansas, a few days after the 4th of July.

Kids were out on summer break, and a bunch of them were doing what any lucky kid does in the heat of a Midwestern

summer. They were playing at their local pool. But on this picturesque day, one of

those kids wasn't lucky at all. 13-year-old Elizabeth Wilson was never seen again after that day at the pool,

despite the fact that her brother John was just feet away when she was taken.

That would haunt John well into his adulthood, and so did the fact

that his sister's murder would go unsolved for nearly 30 years. But someone else in Prairie

Village would also spend 30 years living with a haunting secret.

Another victim who buried her childhood trauma and never told a soul about the man who assaulted her.

A woman who holds the key to both crimes.

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files the podcast. I'm Brooke, and this story, adapted from a classic episode of Cold Case Files, is told by

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