On October 1,1993, 12 year old Polly Klaas and two friends were excited to have a sleepover at Polly’s home where they would eat ice cream, try on Halloween Costumes, and play board games. The sleepover did not go as planned when at 10:30 PM, Polly went to get supplies for the party and came face to face with a bearded man standing in her doorway. He tied up the other two girls and took Polly away into the night. Her body was found 9 weeks after her kidnapping when the man who had been arrested in suspicion for her kidnapping confessed and told police where to find her. Her case was the first to ever be shared on the internet in 1993 and helped pave the way for Megan’s Law, Amber Alerts, and California’s Three Strikes Law.

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CBS News Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmBd0DiH6Q

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Warren, Jennifer. (1994, May 12). Run-In With Klass Murder Suspect Recalled. Retrieved from: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-12-mn-56799-story.html