The teens left their home to run an errand on Sept. 2, 1974. Their bodies were found weeks later in a quarry. No one has ever been charged. Their mother, Rita Reker, now 88, hasn't forgotten.| Bemidji Pioneer
Trisha Taurinskas is an enterprise crime reporter for Forum Communications Co., specializing in stories related to missing persons, unsolved crime and general intrigue. Her work is primarily featured on The Vault. Trisha is also the host of The Vault podcast. Trisha began her journalism career at…| Bemidji Pioneer
Discovery of Mitch Twite’s body came three years after Refugio Rodriguez was discovered in a nearby park. Both deaths were deemed suspicious before labeled as suicides on their death certificates.| Bemidji Pioneer
Law enforcement searched a construction site in Winsted, Minnesota, in connection to the 1995 disappearance of the 27-year-old TV news anchor.| Bemidji Pioneer
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.| Bemidji Pioneer
Shortly after a pilot and co-pilot began observing a mysterious, glowing object, it rose quickly into the sky and disappeared.| Bemidji Pioneer
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