Sandra Cantu // 399
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In March of 2009, a California girl headed out of her house to play with friends in her neighborhood, and was captured on surveillance footage skipping down the street. When she failed to return home for dinner, her family reported her missing. As the days ticked by with no sign of her, the FBI created a profile of their suspect. But this profile would prove to be completely incorrect, and the *real *suspect would stun the police, the community, and anyone who was following the case. This is the story of Sandra Cantu.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Searching for Sandra: https://www.amazon.com/Searching-Sandra-Story-Behind-Disappearance-ebook/dp/B00B156DXG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)

2. Tracy Press: https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/archives/huckaby-sentenced-speaks-about-murder/article_0fc915dd-bbd2-5f85-9ff5-b1e80b5b28f7.html)

3. The Sacramento Bee: https://www.newspapers.com/image/648581959/)

4. NBC: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/new-documents-give-gruesome-details-on-cantus-death/2091727/)

5. See No Evil: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22055174/)

6. The Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/05/24/huckabys-high-school-friend-saw-signs-of-trouble-in-accused-killer-a-decade-ago/)

7. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35610698/sandra_renee-cantu)

8. Tracy Press: https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/archives/father-gets-custody-of-melissa-huckabys-daughter/article_a26eb2d4-8ba4-5b1c-8157-4e0dee9db41b.html)

9. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/Media/melissa-huckaby-confessed-murderer-year-girl-sentenced-life/story?id=10910285)

10. The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/melissa-huckaby-why-did-she-murder-sandra-cantu)

11. People: https://people.com/crime/inside-story-clues-to-why-melissa-huckaby-murdered-an-8-year-old-girl/)

12. CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/22/california.slain.girl/index.html)

13. The People of CA v. Melissa Huckaby: https://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/Amended.complaint.pdf)

14. The Interrogation Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GOOCa43zM)

15. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30116232)

16. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7356264&page=1)

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