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Who were the teens killed at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve? The front page of the Nov. 20, 1973 Des Moines Register reported on the murders of four teenagers at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — When Phil Hamman, 57, first heard about the grisly murders that occurred at Gitchie Manitou State Preserves on Nov. 17, 1973, he was overcome with emotion. His childhood ...
SIOUX FALLS | Forty years ago — on Nov. 17, 1973 — she was that girl from Gitchie Manitou.
The philosophy surrounding responses to child trauma has certainly changed in the 50 years since the murders at Gitchie Manitou. The challenge now is providing adequate resources.
Phil Hamman knew someone died. The rumors began over a November weekend in 1973. He was a sophomore at Sioux Falls Washington High School.