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In the days after the attacks, a number of female rape victims, who had been assaulted by two disguised men, began to report a series of then-unknown crimes to police. Investigators then suspected that Adams' disappearance was linked to the 14 now-known violent rapes that had occurred in the
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victims, was finally interviewed by police regarding Adams' disappearance. Tween, who had also been a police informant, denied any involvement in the disappearance or the rape cases (despite circumstantial evidence) and died in
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Trudie Adams' parents and ex-boyfriend, Steven Norris, reported her missing on 25 June 1978 after she failed to arrive home from the dance. Although police initially believed that the car she entered was a green
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between 1971 and 1978, and may also be related to an attempted attack on a hitchhiker earlier on the evening of Adams' disappearance. On 16 August 1978, a reward of $ 20,000 was offered by the
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