Summit Gist

Sole survivor of brutal 1973 slayings finds strength to tell her story In November 1973, 13 years old Sandra Cheskey endured a night of pure hell at the hands of three brothers. She was able to identify her assailants and helped put them behind bars. But sadly, rather than receive the hero treatment, cheskey was treated like a criminal in her own community The 1973 Gitchie Manitou murders involved an attack on a group of five teenagers at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve in Lyon County, Iowa. Four of the teenagers were killed and a fifth was kidnapped and raped. Allen, James, and David Fryer were later convicted of the crimes and sentenced to life in prison. The attack took place on November 17, 1973. On the evening of November 17, 1973, five teenagers from Sioux Falls, South Dakota were attacked by a group of three brothers. Four of the teenagers were killed and one was kidnapped and raped. Those killed were Roger Essem (male, 17), Stewart Baade (male, 18), Dana Baade (male, 14), and Mi...