M’chaka cha 1953, tauni yaing’ono ya La Crosse, ku Wisconsin, inali pafupi kukumana ndi tsoka limene likanachititsa kuti anthu azivutika. Usiku watsoka pa Okutobala 24, Evelyn Grace Hartley wazaka 15 adasowa popanda kutsata, zomwe zidachititsa mantha mdera lomwe linali logwirizana. Zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, kusowa kwake sikunathetsedwe, ndikusiya chinsinsi chodetsa nkhawa chomwe chikupitilizabe kukopa malingaliro a anthu amderali komanso okonda zachiwawa zenizeni.
M'nkhaniyi, tifufuza mwatsatanetsatane za kutha kwa Evelyn Hartley, ndikuwunika zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti asoweke, kufufuza komwe kunachitika, komanso mafunso omwe adakhalapo omwe adazungulirabe mlanduwo. Choncho, tiyeni tikambirane zimene zinachitikira Evelyn Hartley usiku woopsawo.
Kusowa kodabwitsa kwa Evelyn Hartley
Evelyn Hartley, mtsikana wowoneka bwino komanso wodalirika wazaka 15, anali wophunzira wolemekezeka pa Central High School ku La Crosse. Mwana wamkazi wa pulofesa wolemekezeka wa biology pa Wisconsin State College, Evelyn anali ndi mbiri yanzeru zake ndi mtima wokoma mtima. Madzulo a pa October 24, 1953, Evelyn anafika panyumba ya Pulofesa Vigo Rasmussen, mnzake wa bambo ake, kudzasamalira mwana wawo wamkazi wa miyezi XNUMX, Janis. Palibe amene ankadziwa kuti usiku uno udzasintha moyo wa omwe akukhudzidwa.
Evelyn anali atakhala ndi chaka chimodzi chokha, koma chinali chizoloŵezi chake kukaonana ndi makolo ake pa foni nthaŵi ina madzulo. Nthawi itafika 9 koloko masana ndipo palibe mawu ochokera kwa Evelyn, abambo ake, Richard Hartley, adayamba kuda nkhawa. Mwamsanga anayendetsa galimoto kupita kunyumba ya Rasmussen, koma anapeza zitseko ndi mazenera a pansanjika yoyamba ali okhoma. Kudzera pa zenera lachithunzichi ndi pamene anaona magalasi a m’maso a mwana wake wamkazi ndi limodzi la kansalu kake kansalu kali pabalaza. Anachita mantha ataona mapazi ndi magazi akutuluka m'nyumbamo. Ndi malingaliro ozama mu mtima mwake, Richard anadziwa kuti chinachake sichili bwino.
Analowa pawindo lapansi lotseguka, ndipo adapeza nsapato ina ya Evelyn ili pansi. Pamwamba pake, makapeti a pabalaza anali osokonezeka, umboni wa kulimbana. Richard sanachedwe koma kudziwitsa apolisiwo, ndipo anayamba kufufuza m'derali kwa masiku angapo.
Kusaka kosatha
Kusowa kwa Evelyn Hartley kudadzetsa mantha ku La Crosse, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu opitilira 2,000 afufuze zomwe sizinachitikepo. Maofesi azamalamulo, odzipereka, komanso ma helikoputala a Air Force anayenda mtunda wa makilomita asanu kuzungulira nyumba ya Rasmussen, osasiya kanthu kalikonse pakufuna kwawo mayankho. Olondera m'mitsinje anasakaza m'mphepete mwa madzi, pamene anthu ofufuza ankafufuza nkhalango ndi nkhalango. Dambo lililonse ndi phanga linkawunikidwa bwino, popeza chiyembekezo chinkachepa tsiku lililonse.
Ngakhale kuti magulu osakasaka adayesetsa mwakhama, Evelyn adakhalabe chinsinsi. Mkulu wa apolisi, a George Long, adagawana malingaliro ake oyipa akuti adabedwa, koma osati chifukwa cha dipo. Umboni womwe unali pamalopo unkawoneka kuti ukugwirizana ndi chiphunzitsochi, ndi madontho a magazi ndi chidindo cha kanjedza chomwe chinapezeka panyumba ya mnansi. Patapita masiku, anthu a m’derali ankayembekezera kuti Evelyn apezeka ali moyo.
Omwe akuwakayikira
M'zaka zotsatira Evelyn atasowa, anthu angapo omwe ankawakayikira anatulukira, zomwe zinachititsa kuti anthu ambiri ayambe kukayikira za nkhaniyi. Munthu wina wodziwika bwino anali Edward Gein, mlimi wodziwika bwino wa ku Plainfield yemwe anachita ziwawa zoopsa kwambiri m'derali. Kuyandikira kwa Gein ku La Crosse, komanso mbiri yake yomenya akazi, zidamupangitsa kukhala munthu wokondweretsedwa. Komabe, akatswiri ankakhulupirira kuti Gein ankakonda kwambiri akazi ofanana ndi amayi ake ndipo ankangoganizira za kuba m’manda m’malo mobera anthu amoyo. Pamapeto pake, palibe umboni weniweni womwe udapezeka wokhudzana ndi Gein ndi kutha kwa Evelyn, ndikusiya mlanduwu wosatsimikizika.
Zotsatirazo
M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, nkhani ya Evelyn Hartley inazimiririka pang’onopang’ono m’maso mwa anthu, koma sinachoke m’mitima ndi m’maganizo mwa anthu amene ankamudziŵa. Banja lake silinataye mtima, ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti tsiku lina adzapeza mayankho. Zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, chinsinsi chokhudza kutha kwa Evelyn chikuvutitsabe La Crosse, kusiya kukhudza anthu ammudzi.
Mawu omaliza
Kusowa kwa Evelyn Hartley kumakhalabe kosangalatsa chinsinsi chosasunthika, nkhani yozizira yomwe ikupitirizabe kudodometsa ofufuza ndi akatswiri. Kodi n’chiyani chinachitikira Evelyn pa usiku woopsawu mu 1953? Anapita kuti? Mafunso amenewa akupitirirabe, akumabwerezabwereza kwa zaka zambiri, pamene kufunafuna mayankho kukupitirirabe.
Ngakhale kuti chowonadi sichingakhale chomveka, kukumbukira Evelyn Hartley kudakalipo, chikumbutso cha kufooka kwa moyo ndi mphamvu yokhalitsa ya chiyembekezo. Anthu aku La Crosse, Wisconsin, sadzayiwala msungwana wowala yemwe adasowa popanda kutsata, ndipo apitiliza kufunafuna chilungamo kwa Evelyn, akukhulupirira kuti tsiku lina nkhani yake idzadziwika.
