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On a cool autumn evening, November 17, 1973, fourteen-year-old Dana Baade, a white male, joined his older brother and their friends for what was meant to be a night of camaraderie around a campfire at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve in Iowa, just across the border from their home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dana, a student at Patrick Henry Junior High School, was with his eighteen-year-old brother, Stewart Baade, and their friends, seventeen-year-old Roger Essem, fifteen-year-old Michael Hadrat ...Read More
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Dana Baade
Female
White / Caucasian
Larchwood
IA
1973-11-17
14
Dana
Baade
11/05/2025
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I've been thinking about Sandra Cheskey's role in the Gitchie Manitou tragedy. It's really tough to ... ...Read More
10/31/2024
10/31/2024
I came across this case recently and it has left me feeling deeply disturbed, especially thinking ab... ...Read More
08/30/2023
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