In 1994, Megan Nicole Kanka was lured into the house of her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, with the hopes of seeing his new puppy. Once Megan was inside, Timmendequas raped her before strangling her with a belt. He then disposed of her body in New Jersey's Mercer County Park. Megan was 7 years old. The next day, he confessed to investigators and led police to the site. Timmendequas had previously been convicted for child molestation. The murder attracted national attention and subsequently led to

Amanda Lee Hall was murdered on June 4, 1992. After a fight with her boyfriend on June 1, 1992, Amanda ran away from home. She spent some time with friends but ended up sleeping outside two days later near the women's restroom of a local community center. Soon, a man named Rafael Marin was walking to work along an overgrown wooded path and saw a body wrapped in a sky-blue blanket. Homicide detectives arrived and discovered Amanda's body. She was bloodied and bruised and nude from the waist down.

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