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The Backpack in the Reeds: How a Lure Led to Amanda's End

The Backpack in the Reeds: How a Lure Led to Amanda's End

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The Backpack in the Reeds: How a Lure Led to Amanda's End

A child's pink backpack was found standing upright in the cattails of Linden Reservoir, straps buckled and a signed permission slip inside - yet no child was missing from the field trip headcounts. Why would someone carry and place that backpack three miles from the nature center, and who chose Amanda Peterson to be the lure?

In this episode, we trace the routine Amanda kept, the field trip that returned apparently intact, and the overlooked two-hundred-yard gap between the raptor station and the maintenance lot that made disappearance possible. How did a landscaper's method, seven years and three towns, exploit that gap to lead to Amanda's end?

Person: Amanda Peterson
Date: November 4, 2009
Location: Linden Reservoir eastern shore
Case: Missing person leading to discovery
Investigator: Detective Sharon Marshall

- The backpack was found upright in cattails at 6:15 AM on November 4, 2009.
- The permission slip inside was for a field trip on October 22 for third grade, signed Amanda Peterson.
- Twenty-three students left Linden Ridge Elementary and twenty-three reboarded the bus after the nature center, with three matching headcounts.
- The raptor station was accessed through a side gate down 200 yards of gravel road past the maintenance lot, with no headcount between the entrance and that gate.
- Tom Gruber saw Amanda leave for her walk at approximately 7:10 AM on November 3; her car remained at the curb when he returned an hour later.

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