They Waited for a Ransom Call
There also was a small last-minute piece inserted about Ann Marie’s disappearance. The paper reported that 8-year-old Ann Marie Burr, of 3009 North 14th Street, Tacoma, went missing from her bed early that morning.
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It was also reported that she might be a possible victim of amnesia. The police got comfortable in the Burrs’ basement with a phone set up, hoping to record a potential ransom demand from the assumed kidnapper. But no such call was ever made.