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🗓️ 15 May 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello, thank you for joining us for another episode of Into the Killing. |
0:05.0 | In today's episode, we'll take a look at one of the most famous cases of a missing child in American history. |
0:12.0 | The missing boy became synonymous with the missing kids on the Mill Cardins campaign. |
0:18.0 | Even though the case generated an enormous amount of media attention, it would take |
0:23.2 | decades for it to be solved. For this episode, we're going to New York City in 1979. That year was a record-setting bloody year in the Big Apple. |
0:41.4 | There were nearly 1,700 murders in that last year of the 1970s. |
0:46.5 | The case we're talking about happened on May 25, 1979. |
0:51.9 | In a tragic, ironic way, the number one song on the Billboard charts was reunited by Peaches and Herb. |
1:01.1 | May 25th was the last day before the Memorial Hall Day weekend. |
1:06.9 | It was a hectic morning in the loft where the Pates family lived in Soho, which is in Lower Manhattan. |
1:13.6 | At 8.m. Stan Pates, a commercial photographer was still in bed. |
1:19.6 | His wife, Julie, ran a small daycare out of the loft. |
1:25.6 | She was dealing with her two-year-old son, Ari, another child who slept over |
1:30.3 | that night. Their daughter, 8-year-old Chira, did not want to get out bed. Their six-year-old |
1:38.8 | Aton was up and ready to go to school. That morning, he had made his own breakfast. |
1:47.9 | He made his usual toast and chocolate milk. |
1:52.2 | He then picked up his lunch bag and headed to the front door. |
1:57.7 | Recently, Aiton had been seeking more independence. |
2:08.6 | He regularly asked his parents to walk alone to the bus stop since other kids in his class were allowed to. It turned out that day was a big day for Aiton because his mother finally said yes. |
2:15.6 | Atom was to walk two blocks to his bus stop where the school bus would pick him up. |
2:23.2 | Aiton put on his hat, which was a pilot's hat, that read Future Flight Captain. |
2:29.3 | He was also wearing a blue corduroy jacket, blue jeans, and blue sneakers. |
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