One night, multiple murders, a missing body. Let's talk about how despite'm Joe, the host, and welcome. I'm happy that you're here today. If you're

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There's something about unsolved murders that capture your imagination, the imagination of your typical true crime fans.

Sometimes we don't like them because there's no closure, but at the same time, that little bit of mystery makes it more interesting.

It seems impossible. How can a killer savagely murder their victim and then simply vanish?

When it comes to the Keddy murders, this question seems even more absurd.

How can a killer murder four people, three family members and a visiting friend without getting caught,

and why would they leave the three bodies in the house to be discovered, but then take the last victim with them? The Keddy murders, named after the small Californian railroad town where the

killings took place, happened on April 11, 1981, with neighbors waking up to the sound of muffled screams

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