When 7-year-old Maria Ridulph vanished from her quiet Illinois neighborhood in 1957, it made national headlines and triggered one of the largest FBI searches of its time. In this episode, we revisit Maria’s final moments, the man last seen with her, and the investigation that wouldn’t lead to an arrest for over 50 years.

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