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Daniel Reed Danny Davis

Case from Salt Lake City, UT dated Oct 20, 1981

Victim Details

Danny Davis

Male

White / Caucasian

Salt Lake City

UT

1981-10-20

4

Daniel

Reed Danny Davis

07/03/2026

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On a fall day in 1981, four-year-old Danny Davis, a White male, was at a supermarket in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his grandmother. The young boy was reportedly near the gumball machine when a man named Arthur Gary Bishop approached him. Bishop, who would later be described as a smiling young man, offered Danny candy, which the boy initially refused. After Bishop started to leave the store, he noticed Danny was following him. He then led the child out of the supermarket and into the parking lot. ...
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