242:. Jensen had been walking with his mother's dress in order to return it. He had then disappeared. Witnesses reported seeing Jensen at various towns and cities throughout that day. He was also seen at a restaurant and later was spotted walking with Long and his dog. Jensen's body was found the following night, in a wooded area in Gilford. He had been beaten to death, and his head had been crushed by an automobile screw jack.
227:. Long enticed Nadeau into his car and drove around with him for more than ten hours. When Long attempted to molest Nadeau, he became scared and jumped from the moving car. Nadeau hit his head and sustained a fatal head injury. Long went back to find the body and then hid it. The body of Nadeau was found by hunters a month after the murder, in the cellar of an abandoned house in
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Evidence linked Long to the murder of Jensen, and police arrested him less than a week later. Long then confessed to the murder of Jensen. Further evidence also linked Long to the murder of Nadeau. The trial of Long began on
December 6, 1937. On December 13, 1937, Long was found guilty and was
192:, where he committed his first crime. In 1924, he attacked a little girl and assaulted her. The girl managed to bite Long during the attack and Long fled. She survived the attack and was found by a Belmont police officer. The bite mark helped convict Long, and he was sent to a
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where he worked as the storekeeper of the general store. It was here that he committed his first murder. On
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