*PATREON BONUS* Short Story 6: The Harrowing Survival of Midsi Sanchez
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02/03/23 • 22 min
Hear the tumultuous and harrowing survival story of Midsi Sanchez. At the age of eight, she escaped prolific kidnapper and murder Curtis Dean Anderson. Find out the journey she has had to go through and how she helps other survivors and families every day.
*This is one of the Short Stories that are normally released to the Patrons. If you're interested in more Short Stories, visit Patreon.com/cozycrimeclub
RESOURCES
“Daring escape by stolen girl” by Marsha Ginsburg, SFGate (August 13, 2000)
“Quick thinking by kidnapped 8-year-old may have saved her life” from the Associated Press (August 14, 2000)
“Child molester arrested in Xiana Fairchild murder” by May Wong, Associated Press (May 12, 2004)
“Accused kidnapper portrayed as serial predator” by Alan Gathright, San Francisco Chronicle (April 20, 2005)
“Girl, 8, Escapes From Abductor” from ABC News (January 6, 2006)
“Vallejo”s Midsi Sanchez, 16, suffers serious injuries in truck rollover” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (May 1, 2009)
“Now a missing child advocate, Vallejo’s Midsi Sanchez defied all the odds and helped take down a monster” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (August 12, 2012)
“Woman, 24, reveals harrowing details of her kidnapping at the hands of serial child killer who chained her up in his car and abused her for days when she was eight-years-old - before she finally managed to escape” by Anneta Konstantinides Daily Mail (October 12, 2016)
“California Kidnap Victim Midsi Sanchez Speaks Out About Finding Purpose as Advocate For Missing Children” by Christine Pelisek, People Magazine (October 12, 2016)
“Vallejo’s stranger abduction survivor Midsi Sanchez starts child safety foundation” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (July 14, 2018)
“Vallejo Child Abduction Survivor Starts New Foundation” from CBS San Francisco (July 15, 2018)
“How kidnapping survivor Midsi Sanchez uses her trauma to help missing and exploited children” by Lauren Lee, CNN (March 22, 2019)
“Midsi Sanchez finds purpose, peace 20 years after being kidnapped in Vallejo” by Amy Maginnis-Honey, Daily Republic (July 12, 2020)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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Hear the tumultuous and harrowing survival story of Midsi Sanchez. At the age of eight, she escaped prolific kidnapper and murder Curtis Dean Anderson. Find out the journey she has had to go through and how she helps other survivors and families every day.
*This is one of the Short Stories that are normally released to the Patrons. If you're interested in more Short Stories, visit Patreon.com/cozycrimeclub
RESOURCES
“Daring escape by stolen girl” by Marsha Ginsburg, SFGate (August 13, 2000)
“Quick thinking by kidnapped 8-year-old may have saved her life” from the Associated Press (August 14, 2000)
“Child molester arrested in Xiana Fairchild murder” by May Wong, Associated Press (May 12, 2004)
“Accused kidnapper portrayed as serial predator” by Alan Gathright, San Francisco Chronicle (April 20, 2005)
“Girl, 8, Escapes From Abductor” from ABC News (January 6, 2006)
“Vallejo”s Midsi Sanchez, 16, suffers serious injuries in truck rollover” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (May 1, 2009)
“Now a missing child advocate, Vallejo’s Midsi Sanchez defied all the odds and helped take down a monster” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (August 12, 2012)
“Woman, 24, reveals harrowing details of her kidnapping at the hands of serial child killer who chained her up in his car and abused her for days when she was eight-years-old - before she finally managed to escape” by Anneta Konstantinides Daily Mail (October 12, 2016)
“California Kidnap Victim Midsi Sanchez Speaks Out About Finding Purpose as Advocate For Missing Children” by Christine Pelisek, People Magazine (October 12, 2016)
“Vallejo’s stranger abduction survivor Midsi Sanchez starts child safety foundation” by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald (July 14, 2018)
“Vallejo Child Abduction Survivor Starts New Foundation” from CBS San Francisco (July 15, 2018)
“How kidnapping survivor Midsi Sanchez uses her trauma to help missing and exploited children” by Lauren Lee, CNN (March 22, 2019)
“Midsi Sanchez finds purpose, peace 20 years after being kidnapped in Vallejo” by Amy Maginnis-Honey, Daily Republic (July 12, 2020)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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An Indigenous young mother of two goes missing in a small community. When her remains are found, everyone is too afraid to come forward to police with any information.
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RESOURCES
“32 years later, daughter fighting for justice in 1990 Wisconsin homicide of Susan Poupart” by Veronica Fulton, NBC News (May 21, 2022)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1295555
“Elusive Justice: The Case of Susan Poupart” by Tavis Shelbourne, Media Milwaukee (June 14, 2019)
https://missing2019.mediamilwaukee.com/susan-poupart-flambeau-missing-native-american/
Exclusive: Inside the Susan Poupart Cold Case, posted by Lauren Stephenson, Newswatch 12 (May 21, 2014)
“Pain and healing through the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force” by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner (March 7, 2022)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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*This is one of the Short Stories that are normally released to the Patrons. If you're interested in more Short Stories, visit Patreon.com/cozycrimeclub
RESOURCES
“Silence Envelops Mystery Many Feel They Have Solution, But Lack Proof” by Richard Roesler, The Spokesman-Review (March 3, 1996)
“FBI still searching for Coeur d’Alene Tribe member missing for 29 years” by Jonathan Glover, The Spokesman-Review (March 8, 2017)
“Native tribes run, bike in honor of murdered, missing Indigenous women” by Amber D. Dodd, Spokesman-Review (July 28, 2021)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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