A Stephen Wilson timeline?
A pattern of 10 children all sharing similar characteristics and whose cases have similar MOs began in 1981 with Bryan Bleyl of Phoenix, AZ. This data was retrieved from the databases of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children online. There were no other abductions clearly matching this demographic and MO.
1.) On Feb 28, 1981 at Phoenix, AZ Briain Bleyl went missing. He was abducted from the roadway on his paper route. Stephen Wilson was indicted for his murder and tried in 1990. He was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Link: www.ncmec.org
2.) On Sep 5, 1982 at West Des Moines, IA John David Gosch went missing. He was abducted from the roadway on his paper route.
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3.) On May 8, 1983 at Lemon Valley, NV Anthony Bernard Franko went missing. He was abducted from the roadway. His appearance is similar to that of boy pictured in photo received by mother of Johnny Gosch.
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4.) On Jun 16, 1984 at Klamath Falls, OR William Dale Gunn went missing. He was abducted from the roadway. His appearance is similar to that of boy pictured in photo received by mother of Johnny Gosch.
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5.) On July 11, 1984 at Hinsdale county, CO Christopher James Harvey went missing. He was abducted from the roadway. The road led a couple miles up to a campground and the site was exactly one day's drive between both Phoenix, AZ and Des Moines, IA.
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6.) On Aug 12, 1984 at Des Moine, IA Eugene Wade Martin went missing. He was abducted from the roadway on his paper route.
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7.) On March 29, 1986 at Des Moines, IA Marc James-Warren Allen went missing. He was abducted from the roadway.
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8.) On Aug 14, 1986 at Myrtle Point, OR Jeremy Donald Bright went missing. He was abducted at or near the Coos County, OR fairground.
Link: www.ncmec.org
9.) On Oct 22, 1989 at St. Joseph, MN Jacob Erwin Wetterling went missing. He was abducted from the roadway.
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10.) On Jul 25, 1991 Moscow Hills, MO Charles Arlin Leon Henderson at went missing. He was abducted from the roadway.
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After this the pattern of similar aged boys of similar appearance, similar demographics (middle class to upper middle class families) with similar MO ends.
Stephen Wilson died of AIDS in December, 1993.
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