In August 1989, Debra Milke and her son Christopher Milke moved into an apartment with Jim Styers, a man she knew through her sister.

On December 2, 1989, Styers took 4yr old Christopher to the Metrocenter mall in Phoenix.

That afternoon he called Milke, and told her that the boy had disappeared from the mall. Styers alerted mall security, while Milke dialed 911.

A missing person investigation was launched.

The next day Phoenix police arrested Roger Scott, a long-time friend of Styers.

After more than 14 hours of interrogation, Scott admitted that he knew where Christopher was and that the boy was dead.

He directed the police to a desert area north of Phoenix, where Christopher’s body was discovered.

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