In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the case of 13-year-old Robert “Bonzai” Bee Jr. returns after years of questions, rumors, and frustration in Pekin, Illinois. What starts with a troubled home life, truancy issues, adults who should not have been around him, and a child labeled as a runaway quickly turns into a heartbreaking look at missed urgency, community searches, conflicting stories, and the early suspicions surrounding Keith Brackett before Robert was finally found. 

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