April 23: Canada's youngest "triple murder" convict
Plus: Oregon newlywed found in her trunk, mystery of missing 5-year-old boy, and more.
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1969: Janet Lynn Shanahan found in the trunk of her own car
Fifty-five years ago, Janet Lynn Shanahan was a beautiful young newlywed with her life stretching ahead of her in Eugene, Oregon.
She’d been married to Christopher Shanahan for ten months, and was the definition of a beaming bride with her pink corsage and poofy ‘60s hairdo. She was studying at the University of Oregon to become a teacher.