 When Maggie Ryan was 15 years old, she was taken from her parents’ home. It happened in May of 1894 in the middle of the night. Her family never heard a sound from their daughter or her kidnapper.
The authorities searched for her several years until the police closed the case. Back then the police didn’t have the sophisticated crime tools to help with these cases. They did use many sniffer dogs in the search. Her parents, Michael and Kate, were beside themselves with worry and stress, so much so that Maggie’s mother took to her bed for most of the search. She couldn’t deal with the police questioning and left it to her husband to deal with. It was a very tough time for him. Beside the worry over Maggie, he had to take care of his brood, go to work and help with the police inquiries. He was very stressed to say the least.
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