On the quiet afternoon of October 18, 1975, in the small town of Sutherland, Nebraska, a horrific crime unfolded that would shatter the community. Florence Marie Kellie, a 10-year-old White female, was at home alone when her next-door neighbor, 29-year-old Erwin Charles Simants, entered the residence. Simants, who had been drinking earlier in the day, sexually assaulted the young girl and then fatally shot her with a. 22-caliber rifle. This brutal act was only the beginning of a cascade of viole
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