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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2025 · 1H 21M

22-A Mystery Still Haunting: The Murders of Mary and Susanne Reker

from Criminally Absurd · host Cosy Nasiedlak and Susie Lewis-Peters

Episode 22: A Mystery Still Haunting: The Murders of Mary and Susanne Reker  The episode this week is about the Reker sisters. On September 2, 1974, Mary Reker, aged 15 and Susanne Reker, aged 12, left their home  in St. Cloud, Minnesota to go shopping for last minute school supplies. Tragically, the sisters never returned. After an agonizing 26 days, their bodies were discovered, stabbed to death, in a quarry outside of St. Cloud.The investigation into he deaths was complicated by issues with jurisdictional overlap between local, county, and state authorities, leading to a. Lack of progress. As of now, no arrests have been made, and the case remains unsolved. If you have any information on the Reker case, please call the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department at 320-251-4240 or crime stoppers at 320-255-1301. The information presented in this episode is from sources from the most reliable accounts available on the web, including information on St. Cloud Live:https://www.stcloudlive.com/news/the-vault/the-reker-sisters-1974-deaths-remain-a-mystery-50-years-laterArticles from Fox 9:https://www.fox9.com/news/reker-murders-connection-or-coincidencehttps://www.fox9.com/news/mother-of-murdered-girls-confronts-suspected-killer-on-his-death-bedThe podcast Crime Junkies:https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-mary-susanne-reker/Photos include: Susanne Reker and Mary Reker (left to right) and the sister's resting place.

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