Grace Budd disappeared after a soft-spoken older man came to her family’s Manhattan apartment presenting himself as “Frank Howard,” someone who seemed courteous, reliable, and willing to help the family through hard times. She was a 10-year-old white girl. Her brother had been trying to find work, and the visitor spun a story that sounded like a stroke of luck—country employment, a respectable connection, a chance at something better. When he returned, he asked to take Grace along first,
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