Episode Summary
In the 1980s, something strange was going on in Ohio. Almost a dozen young girls were kidnapped and murdered, many of the killers still unknown to this day. It all started in June of 1980 with the case of Asenath Dukat.
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Episode Info
Asenath “Seannie” Dukat
Asenath “Seannie” Dukat
Asenath “Seannie” Dukat
Map from Seannie’s school to her home
Area where Seannie’s body was found in 1980
Stone wall near where Seannie was found
Crime bulletin police put out
Description of the assailant
In the 1980s, something strange was going on in Ohio. Almost a dozen young girls were kidnapped and murdered, many of the killers still unknown to this day. It all started in June of 1980 with the case of Asenath Dukat.
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Episode Source Materials
- Cold Case: Asenath Dukat – NBC4 Columbus
- Asenath Dukat – The Columbus Dispatch (Document uploaded by the Long Walk Home on their FB page)
- The Long Walk Home The following sources can be directly viewed on The Long Walk Home Website:
- Missing Person Report – Upper Arlington PD
- Homicide Report – Upper Arlington PD
- Letter from Thomas E. French Detective Sergeant – Upper Arlington PD
- Case # 1140 Summary Report
- City of Upper Arlington Crime Bulletin – Date Unknown
- City of Upper Arlington Crime Bulletin – June 4, 1980
- City of Upper Arlington Crime Bulletin – Date Unknown
- Attachment A – Police report
- Police hopeful despite decreasing odds of solving murders
- Dead Before Deadline: …and Other Tales from the Police Beat by Robin Yocum
- The Serial Killer’s Apprentice by James Renner
- The Final Word on the Tragic Death of Krista Harrison – James Renner
- Dead Reckoning: Two Missing Girls, Two Wrongful Convictions, and the Hunt for the Wayne County Killer
- Who Killed Barbara?
- Central Ohio Crime Stoppers
- Buell Arrest Rekindles old cases
- 9 abducted in 2 years within 150 miles (Part 1)
- 9 abducted in 2 years within 150 miles (Part 2)
- Columbus Mileposts | Sept. 20, 1982 abduction, slaying never solved
- Return of the Boogeyman
- State v. Maurer
- TapTalk Forum
- The Charley Project – Tiffany Jennifer Papesh
- FB Prisoners who need love and pen pals
- The Charley Project Blog – Tiffany Papesh
- The Awareness Center – Case of Hbrandon Lee Flagner
- Websleuths – reposting of old new articles
- Robert Anthony Buell
- DNA proves Robert Buell killed 12-year-old Tina Harmon girl in 1981