Here in Fond du Lac, we set the trend for Sunday afternoon T-O-Ting
It began after an 11 year old girl was abducted, raped, and murdered while trick or treating in 1973. Kids never went out until it got dark.....what fun would daytime treating be?
We were never escorted by the parents, either. Until that night, there was never any fear of such things occuring in our little town.
The girl, Lisa French, was found in a garbage bag along side a farmer's field outside of town, two days later. They had some suspects, and really wanted one guy bad. It was over a year later that he was finally arrested for the rape and murder of Lisa.
I sat next to Lisa in the 4th grade that year, and that is why I recall it so well. Sad how one person and his sick deeds change the way we do things 30 years later.