EP. 244 - ILLINOIS: TIMOTHY BUSS: THE CHILD KILLER WHO WAS RELEASED… AND KILLED AGAIN
5/1/20261 hr 19 min
No one thought a 13-year-old boy was capable of such evil. But when 5-year-old Tara Sue Huffman was discovered bludgeoned to death, all the evidence pointed to neighbor, middle-schooler Timothy Buss, being her killer. After just 12 years of incarceration, Timothy returned to his hometown a reformed man. But not long after his release, another child disappeared. And this time, no one doubted what he was capable of.
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First 90 secondsColin Browen· Co-host0:00
Warning. The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences. We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.
Courtney Shannon· Co-host0:11
Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses against children.
Colin Browen· Co-host0:18
This podcast is not for everyone. You have been warned.
Courtney Shannon· Co-host0:21
Richard Huffman felt sick to his stomach. It was summer of 1995, and the newspaper in his lap told him something he wished wasn't true. Another child was missing from rural Kankakee County, Illinois. He scanned the article, reading detail after detail, his heart racing with each new bit of information. The missing boy was 10 years old. His name was Christopher Meyer. He had vanished while fishing on a river. He was spotted talking to a man at the water's edge, and then he disappeared. Police provided a sketch of the man, and the newspaper article urged anyone who knew him to call the police immediately. When Richard looked at the drawing, he immediately recognized the dead eyes staring back at him. They were the same eyes that had bore into him from the defense stand 14 years ago during the trial for the murder of his five-year-old sister, Tara. This is the story of Timothy Busse. I'm Courtney Brown.
Colin Browen· Co-host1:21
And I'm Colin Brown.
Courtney Shannon· Co-host1:23
And you're listening to Murder in America.
Unknown speaker1:25
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