The Hunt For A Predator - Part 2 | 2

Crime Beat

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the late 1970s and early ‘80s a sexual predator stalked Calgarians. At the same time, homicide detectives used cutting edge strategies to track a child killer. What no one realized, was that the two cases were connected. Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt shares how a tip from one brave little girl changed the direction of the entire investigation and the unexpected twist the case took years later. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to
0:05.7	Crime Beat early and add free on Amazon Music included with Prime. The following episode contains descriptions of sexual violence and may not be suitable for everyone.
0:18.0	It also contains coarse language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
0:24.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:27.0	In January 1980,
0:32.0	5-year-old Kimberly Thompson walked to kindergarten by herself for the very first time.
0:39.0	But she never made it to class that day.
0:43.6	And when she didn't come home for lunch,
0:45.8	her mother Evelyn panicked.
0:48.1	And I just had this overwhelming feeling
0:51.6	that when I was never to see her life again.
0:55.0	A massive police presence converged on the inner city community of El Tidor
1:00.3	as volunteers searched alongside officers.
1:04.0	The following day, their worst fears were confirmed.
1:09.0	A couple helping out with the search found Kimmy's body.
1:13.3	Can't tell you the amount of pressure I put on me and my superiors.
1:18.3	What's going on and have you done this?
1:20.1	Have you done that?
1:20.8	And as we know of a homicide is a slow process.
1:26.3	There's no there's no shortcuts.
1:28.4	Police were on the hunt for a killer.
1:32.6	And at the same time, a serial rapist
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