Barbara Gaca

Murdered

A 7 year old girl is found murdered a week after she was abducted
Barbara Gaca, a seven-year-old from Detroit, was tragically murdered in 1955, an event that deeply shook the city. On March 24, Barbara left her home to walk to Assumption Grotto School, just six blocks away. However, she never arrived at school that day. Her body was found a week later, on March 31, in a rural dump in Oakland County, around 25 miles from her home. Barbara had been raped, stabbed, and strangled, her body wrapped in an Army blanket when it was discovered by a railroad worker. The ...Read More

Who Killed Barbara Gaca? - Hour Detroit Magazine

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