April 2: The Butcher of Kansas City apprehended

Plus: the Alphabet murders, gift shop murder, and more.

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1973: The second of the “Alphabet Murders” occurs

It was every parent's nightmare: a child heads outside to run a simple errand and never comes home.

On the evening of April 2, 1973, 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz left her home in Rochester, New York, to pick up a few groceries at the corner store. Three hours after she left, her mother called the police in a panic to report her missing.