Case 224

Evelyn Hartley

*** Content Warning: child victim ***

When 15-year-old Evelyn Hartley agreed to babysit for the Rasmussen family on the evening of October 24 1953, it sounded like a relatively easy job. She made her way to the Rasmussen home in the Wisconsin neighbourhood of La Crosse, promising to call her parents at 8:30 PM to check in.

When 8:30 came and went with no word from Evelyn, her father raced to the Rasmussen’s house to check on her. The baby that Evelyn was caring for was fast asleep in her crib, but the home was in disarray, and there was no trace of Evelyn save for some blood stains. What followed was one of Wisconsin’s most infamous cases and would change an entire community forever.

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