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🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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In August 1989, Lawrence DeLisle was behind the wheel of the family station wagon when it plunged into the Detroit River. Lawrence and his wife, Suzanne, would survive the crash; the four DeLisle children did not.
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Written by Nina Innsted, researched by Charity Dodd. Audio production by Bill Bert.
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0:00.0 | Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours. |
0:04.0 | Right now there is no trace. |
0:06.0 | Investigators say evidence lead them to believe that she's dead. |
0:09.0 | Stick my nose back on the trail. That's all I can do. |
0:13.0 | This is already gone. |
0:15.0 | Already gone. |
0:17.0 | Already. |
0:18.0 | All right. In 1989, the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte was witnessed to the deaths of four children under the age of eight. |
0:32.2 | But what really happened? How does the family station wagon end up sinking in the Detroit River? Come with me to a warm August night in 1989, when the Delisle family outrunning errands with his wife, Suzanne, and their four children, Brian, Melissa, Catherine, and baby Emily. |
1:14.3 | The family is piled into a 1970s yellow-brown station wagon. |
1:19.7 | The vehicle originally belonged to Lawrence's father, who died by suicide just a few months earlier. |
1:31.0 | Things are looking up for the Deliles. Lawrence's co-workers at the Lincoln Park area tire store where he worked, describe him as a proud dad, |
1:36.8 | and a happy-go-lucky type of guy. Lawrence coached Little League, participated in family activities, |
1:43.6 | and spent his free time with his |
1:45.2 | four children. Suzanne is a stay-at-home mom to their many kids. The family was in the |
1:51.8 | middle of a move. They were leaving their cramped townhouse in Taylor and going to a roomier place |
1:57.7 | in Lincoln Park. They were also looking forward to having a yard for the kids |
2:02.4 | to play in. Winifred Dobert, the Delisle's neighbor for two years, described them as an |
2:09.2 | affectionate family who did everything together. She recalled the children playing happily, |
2:14.8 | and their daughter Melissa often greeted her with, |
2:18.0 | Hi! |
2:18.9 | Even repeatedly throughout the day. |
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