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Oct 18, 2025 1 hr 1 min

EPISODE 13: We're coming for you.

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FOR TRIGGER WARNINGS please see below. On Monday 10thFebruary 1996 Tanya Nicole Kach left as usual for Cornell Intermediate School where she was an 8th grade pupil but never came home. Episode written and researched by Gem. Today’s episode contains content which may be TRIGGERING including sexual assaults and child murder. Please follow us on our socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . REFERENCES ARTICLES 1 People.com Tanya Kach Was Kidnapped at Age 14 and Held Captive for a Decade. She Says Her Dad Partially Blamed Her. By Nicole Acosta and KC Baker Published on August 28, 2023 12:32PM2 People.com. Tanya Kach Was Abducted 29 Years Ago and Held Captive for a Decade By a School Security Guard. Inside the Disturbing Case — and How She Finally Escaped. By Jessica SagerJessica Sager 3 Nytimes.com. Woman,24, Says Neighbor Held Her Captive for 10 Years. By Ian Urbina March 24, 2006 4 abcnews.go.com. Man Pleads Guilty to Holding Girl Captive for 10 Years. By ABC News, June 26, 2007, 4:28 PM 5 The Tube City Almanac. July 2004 2018 After 20 Tears, Teen-Ager’s Unsolved Death Still Haunts, Hurts by Lynne Glover INFORMATION ON GROOMING 6 Metropolitan Police. Grooming. 7 NSPCC Learning. Grooming: recognising the signs.NEWSPAPERS.COM - To access the following articles you may need an account with ⁠⁠newspapers.com⁠⁠. 8 South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Fri 24 Mar 2006 Page 4. Pennsylvania girl found; two Wisconsin boys lost9 Pittsburgh Post -Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fri 15 Sept 2006. McKeesport woman files civil lawsuit over 1996 abduction by Michael A. Fuoco 10 & 11 Pittsburgh Post -Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sun 9 April 2006, Pages 1 and 6. Kach’s 10-year absence begs many questions by Jonathan D. Silver12 Pittsburgh Post -Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wed 7 Oct 1998. Page 22. Photo and text by Steve Mellon. 13 PittsburghPost -Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A near record-high number of killings may be impairing McKeesport’s economic revival by Torsten Ove. Sun 13 Dec 1998. Page 37. READLY.COM- To access the following articles you may need an account with ⁠readly.com⁠. 14 Crime Monthly Magazine. Imprisoned for a decade AT JUST 14 YEARS OLD, TANYA KACH WAS KIDNAPPED BY HER SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD REDDIT 15 From the UnsolvedMurders reddit, user blitzballer, 12 yearsago. Kimberlie Krimm (14): was last seen alive by family when she left her McKeesport home on June 30 1998, to visit a friend. WIKIPEDIA 16 The Kidnapping of Tanya Nicole Kach.

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