In the winter of 1949, Delphine Downing, a 28-year-old widow from a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan, sought companionship by placing a personal ad. A seemingly well-mannered and successful businessman from New York named Charles Martin responded, expressing a fondness for children, which appealed to Delphine, who had a young daughter named Rainelle. In January of that year, she welcomed 'Charles' and his supposed sister, Martha, into her home. However, the man's real name was Raymond Fernandez,
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