Murder of Lisa Ann French

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Lisa Ann French (June 2, 1964 – October 31, 1973) was a 9-year-old girl from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who was sexually assaulted and murdered by her neighbor, Gerald Miles Turner Jr. (born June 9, 1949) (later nicknamed "The Halloween Killer"), on Halloween night 1973, while she was trick-or-treating alone. French was out Trick-or-Treating alone near her home on her way to a neighborhood Halloween party. Turner lured her into his home before sexually assaulting and killing her, then concealing her corpse in a garbage bag and later discarding her body in a farm field in the town of Taycheedah, Wisconsin. Turner confessed to the murder nine months later, and was originally sentenced to 38 years and 6 months for his crimes. He was mandatorily released on parole in 1992 and 1998, but sent back to prison in 2003 for 15 years and 6 months for violating his parole. The murder sent shockwaves through the local community of Fond du Lac and the state of Wisconsin, causing more stringent daylight trick...

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