The resulting search for Samantha and the murder trial that followed became the Dayton Daily News’ top news story for 1995.
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For this edition of Vintage Dayton, we went into the archives for more details on the search for the young girl, the discovery of her body and the courtroom drama that followed.
More on Dayton crime history
• Dayton’s infamous Samuel Moreland murders: 40th anniversary nears for deaths of 5 family members
• Bill Stepp: Meet Dayton’s drag-racing gangster who slipped past case after case for decades
• When the Gem City was infatuated by a Valentine’s Day Massacre gangster
• 25 banks in 2 years: Dayton’s prolific robbery ‘crime family’ of the 1970s
Did you know?
Here are a few great Dayton history facts we’ve learned from our stories:
• Louise Maher bought the Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe, a popular drive-in in Greenville, for $500 when she was just 20 years old back on May 25, 1934.
• Lucinda Williams Adams, a long-time Dayton educator, won two gold medals competing in the first U.S. vs. USSR Track and Field Meet in Moscow in 1958.
• Dayton’s NAACP chapter was officially chartered on May 10, 1915.
• The Miami and Erie Canal, dredged across the length of Ohio and through the heart of the Miami Valley, once helped drive economic prosperity for the state.
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