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Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, at age twelve, she was kidnapped at knifepoint during a slumber party at her mother's home in Petaluma, California , and strangled to death.
9 sty 2024 · I was 6 years old when a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly from our bedroom on the evening of Oct. 1, 1993. Her face quickly became a fixture on nightly news, her name featured prominently in headlines alongside fearmongering about crime rates.
22 wrz 2023 · Polly Klaas' kidnapping and death sparked a two-month search and manhunt where investigators, family neighbors, and even a Hollywood celebrity, pitched in to help.
Today, we celebrate Polly’s life by remembering how she lived, instead of for how she was taken from us. In 2021 The Foundation, along with an outpouring of community support, began renovating the Polly Klaas Community Theater, which was named for her in 1994, as a tribute to her life.
Polly Klaas. During a slumber party in October of 1993, 12-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas was abducted at knifepoint from her Petaluma, California home. Thousands of residents from the surrounding community immediately responded with the largest manhunt in American history.
9 paź 2018 · The search involved both humans and Bloodhound dogs, and took place over 1,000 square miles of ground surrounding Petaluma. In episode 24 of the podcast ‘My Favorite Murder’, Karen Kilgariff covers Polly’s murder as her ‘Hometown Murder’.
17 paź 2021 · “Annie” is Annie Nichol, Jess’ younger sister, and the problem with which both had been parrying for years arose from the notorious kidnapping and murder of a third sister: Polly Klaas. Polly was killed in 1993, when Annie was 6 and Jess, like Polly, was 12.
