In the summer of 1968, a palpable sense of fear began to creep into the idyllic college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a fear that would escalate and grip the community for the next year. This growing anxiety was tragically underscored by the death of Joan Schell, a 20-year-old art student at Eastern Michigan University. On the evening of June 30, 1968, Joan, a young white female, found herself hitchhiking after missing a bus that was meant to take her to her boyfriend's house in Ann Arbor. Her ro
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