From 1980 to 1991 several children were kidnapped and killed. Some cases were solved after many years, and some remain open and unsolved.
The first child to disappear was Suzie Bombardier, a 14-year-old honor student who was kidnapped, raped and stabbed to death on June 22, 1980.
Five days after her disappearance, she was found floating in the San Joaquin River east of Antioch, California by a fisherman. This was about 100 miles from where she lived. The girl was taken from her sister’s home while babysitting, leading her family to believe she knew her abductor.
