The Kidnapping of Jesus de la Cruz

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

1996 - Lynn, Massachusetts. On the evening of September 28th, 1996, a man with a dog approached 6-year-old Jesus de la Cruz with the enticing offer of a shiny bike for him to play with. Jesus' bike had been broken, so he followed the man up the street and toward a park, excited about his new toy. He was never seen again. The man was later identified as Robert Levesque, but he claimed to have no knowledge about Jesus. On paper, he looked like the perfect suspect. But as the investigative layers begin to peel back and additional suspects emerge, detectives were left baffled with more questions than answers in a desperate race against time. The disappearance of Jesus de la Cruz remains one of New England's most haunting mysteries. It’s also every parent's worst nightmare: a total stranger abducting your child in broad daylight. If you have any information about the kidnapping of Jesus, I urge you to call the Lynn Police Dept at 781-595-2000. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before I dive in, I just want to take a moment and thank you for your support, your patience,
0:05.8	and your understanding this past month. It was a big and busy month, and if you haven't
0:11.0	been following on social media, I am so excited to announce that we are offering a $6,000 reward
0:17.6	in the Reeves Johnson case. Aside from that, I just wanted to thank you for your understanding
0:22.4	and for the kind messages this past week. It truly means a lot to me to have a community that cares.
0:28.1	We are a very small team behind the scenes, so I appreciate your patience, and I'm really
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0:37.6	find me on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast, where I'll keep you in the loop as best as I can.
0:43.2	So with that, thank you for being here, thank you for your patience, and thank you for listening.
1:00.6	This is MurderSheTold, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.
1:07.7	I'm Kristen Sevy. You can connect with me at MurderSheTold.com or on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.
1:22.3	The City of Lynn, a suburb north of Boston, is a little rough around the edges.
1:28.2	It's primarily a bedroom community for Boston commuters. Each morning and afternoon,
1:33.3	a chorus of car horns can be heard on Busy Western Avenue as they stampede by the neighborhoods
1:39.3	that are just a quick turn of the main drag. Young Jesus De La Cruz lived in one of those neighborhoods.
1:46.8	Park Street, a narrow one-way street off of Western, is dominated by apartment houses.
1:52.7	Large, three-story, free-standing houses divided up into rental units with multiple entrances.
1:59.1	It's a short street, and if you follow it to its opposite end, you'll run into Lynn Common,
2:04.3	a long and narrow grassy park area, and off of Park Street, between the park in Western Avenue,
2:10.4	is a short, dead-end street called Bennett Circle. It was circle in name only.
2:16.4	There was no big cul-de-sac or park at this circle. Kids loved it, though, because it was quiet.
2:23.4	Cars wouldn't often interrupt their play. They would draw murals on the pavements with chalk.
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