There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

We have a weird homicide.

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

Some cases cement themselves in the memory of an entire country.

On August 25, 1973, one such case began

when two young girls left their family's sides at a football game

and never returned.

So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled,

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

On August 25, 1973, something horrible happened at the Adelaide Oval in Australia.

Joanne Ratcliffe, born in 1962, attended an Australian rules football match that day with her parents,

Les and Kathleen Ratcliffe, her older brother,

and a family friend known in the media only as Frank.

Kirsty Gordon, born in 1968, was also in attendance that day.

Watching Norwood and North Adelaide duke it out with her maternal grandmother

while her parents, Greg and Christine Gordon, were off visiting with friends along with her younger

sister in Redmark. The two families happened to be seated next to one another, and Joanne's parents

actually knew and were friends with Christy's grandmother.

So a little bit later into the game, when the girls needed to use the restroom, instead of an

adult accompanying them, they allowed them both to go together on two occasions.

Feeling as though there was safety in the buddy system, the Ratcliffe family actually had a rule

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