1973 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Lisa Ann French
French in 1972
Born
(1964-06-02)June 2, 1964
Oshkosh, Wisconsin U.S.
Died
October 31, 1973(1973-10-31) (aged 9)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S.
Cause of death
Asphyxiation and/or shock
Body discovered
Taycheedah, Wisconsin, U.S.
Burial place
Estabrooks Cemetery
Education
Chegwin Elementary School
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. (later nicknamed "The Halloween Killer"[1]), 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2] The murder sent shockwaves through the local community of Fond du Lac and the state of Wisconsin, causing more stringent daylight trick-or-treating hours in Wisconsin communities and inspiring the creation of Wisconsin Chapter 980, enacted in 1994 and nicknamed "Turner's Law," which allows criminals who have been released from their prison sentences to be detained in mental health facilities if they are deemed sexually violent persons and dangerous to the public.[4][5][6][7]
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