Case Comparison- Wendy Osborn and Kerry Patterson

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01/18/22 • 36 min

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14 year old Wendy Osborn was abducted on her way to school on January 20, 1987. Does her murder and kidnapping mean anything to the 1980 abduction and murder of 15 year old Kerry Patterson?

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and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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14 year old Wendy Osborn was abducted on her way to school on January 20, 1987. Does her murder and kidnapping mean anything to the 1980 abduction and murder of 15 year old Kerry Patterson?

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/black-dahlia http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1867198_1867170_1867291,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short http://blackdahlia.web.unc.edu/ https://stevehodel.com/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/has-the-black-dahlia-murder-finally-been-solved-198247/ https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-dahlia-murder/ Documentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FlqnCf1LZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKEfFfFBKo https://www.insideedition.com/black-dahlia-murder-true-story-50461 https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/horrifying-mystery-black-dahlia-documentary Books https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-True-Story/dp/0061139610 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-James-Ellroy/dp/0446618128 https://www.amazon.com/Severed-Story-Black-Dahlia-Murder/dp/187892317X https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Red-Rose-Corruption/dp/1631492268 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Files-Transfixed-Angeles/dp/0060582502 https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Shadows-Hidden-Dahlia-Murder/dp/1585004847 https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpse-Surrealism-Dahlia-Murder/dp/B000WZTZOU http://www.piueatwell.com/black-dahlia-red-rose