The Raker sisters: They went out for a coat, never returned.

The Raker Sisters: They went out for a coat, never returned.

Two sisters went out to buy school supplies and a winter coat in 1974. A month later, their bodies were found, but fifty years later, no one has been convicted for their deaths. What happened in St. Cloud, Minnesota, that left a family without answers for decades?

In this episode, we analyze the case of Mary and Suzanne Raker, two girls who disappeared in a quiet neighborhood of St. Cloud and whose investigation was marked by initial indifference and lack of coordination between agencies. How could such a tragic case remain unsolved for so long?

Case: Murder of the Raker Sisters
Date: September 2, 1974
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Victims: Mary Raker (15 years old), Suzanne Raker (12 years old)
Book: Unsolved Cases of Stearns County

- The Raker sisters left home shortly after eleven in the morning on September 2, 1974.
- The bodies of Mary and Susie Raker were found approximately a month after their disappearance.
- September 1974 was one of the rainiest months in Minnesota's history, destroying evidence at the crime scene.
- Fifty years after the events, the murder weapon has still not been found and there are no convictions.
- A new police chief in 1976 proposed an agency meeting that never occurred, keeping the investigation fragmented.

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