Monster is a case we cover over two episodes.

This marks part one of two.

Please be warned that the details of this case are graphic and often difficult to hear.

It is not an episode for young listeners.

Monsters don't just exist in children's fairy tales and nightmares.

This really was as monstrous as somebody's conduct could get.

I'm Yardley, and I'm Zibi, and we're fascinated by true crime.

So we invited our friends, detectives, Dan and Dave,

to sit down with us and share their most interesting cases.

I'm Dan and I'm Dave. We're identical twins and we're detectives in small town USA.

Dave investigates sex crimes and child abuse. Dan investigates violent crimes and together we've

worked on hundreds of cases including assaults, robberies, murders, burglaries, sex abuse, and child abuse.

Names, locations, and certain details of these cases have been altered to protect the privacy

of the victims and their families.

It was a quiet afternoon in August of 2008, when this small town police department began to field multiple 911 calls from alarmed residents.

The callers told dispatch they had just witnessed what appeared to be the kidnapping of a 10-year-old neighborhood girl as she rode her bike.

This triggered multiple agencies from the area to come together in a frantic effort to catch the kidnapper before he vanished with the girl.

Today on Small Town Dix, we have Sergeant Carl.

Hello there.

And Deputy D.A. Eric.

Yes.

Hi.

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