She was kidnapped from her home while her parents were sleeping and was not rescued due to police negligence.

October 1, 1993 Polly Hannah Klaas Organize Pajamas party At her home in Petaluma, a quiet city in California, with two other friends.

All three were 12 years old. The plan was typical for a group of preteens: late at night with Nintendo games, costumes and makeup in their room.

Around 10 pm Eve NicoleThe mother asked them to speak down, greeted them, and retired to her bedroom. After a while, she fell asleep peacefully next to her youngest daughter.

After an hour and a half Polly He opened the door of his room to get his sleeping bag. that moment, In the hallway he found a bearded man with a tattooed arm, wielding a knife.

She wanted to scream, but the man rushed at her, entered the room and closed the door.

He threatened them and ordered them to lie down on the floor and be completely silent. He tied them up with strips of his clothes and the cord he cut from Polly’s Nintendo, and put them in a bag... Then he took his pillowcase and put it on the heads of guests Gilliam and Kate to hide him.

They panicked The man promised them that he only wanted to steal and would leave the room with Polly in search of silver... He demanded that they count up to 1,000. Leaving, he took Polly.

When they heard the sound of the exit door, they began to be released from the bond. Something that took them a few minutes, and then they were able to awaken their mother.

EveAt first he thought it was a joke for a girl of that age. In an instant he fell into reality.

They started looking Polly All over the house. I can’t find her Eve I will call the police. She didn’t know how to explain the misleading facts because she didn’t fully understand it yet.

An emergency phone operator who had already sent a police car asked to talk to one of the minors. KateThen I picked up the phone and provided a direct version of what happened. “He took Polly It was a dull auction at home. Soon she broke and began to cry.

Sign

Mother Kate Upon arriving at that place, he remembered something suggestive. That night, leaving his daughter, she saw a man with the physical characteristics that the girl talked about in the same block of her house.

The other three neighbors agreed that there was someone explaining it that day around a nearby block or in a nearby park.

No doubt it was the man who took it Polly Klaas Of his own house.

The other side of the story

That same night, in a rural area about 30 kilometers north of Petaluma Danna Jaffe She came home from work after 11 pm. The babysitter was waiting for her. Shannon LynchCoincidentally, I took care of my 12-year-old daughter.

30 minutes later Shannon He got into the car and left. As he walked down the driveway to the freeway, he saw a car in a ditch in the dark.

A bearded man was leaning on the trunk. Shannon stopped and the man walked. Her breath of alcohol, the smell of dirt, and his negligence scared her.

She asked him what he needed and he told her he needed a rope with a wedge. Shannon had the opportunity to point out that this was a driveway.

The man leaned against the window and rebelliously said, “What happened to this road ?!”

Shannon decided to leave without refuting him. He drove to the nearest phone. From there he called Danna. He told him what had happened and advised him to call the police...

DannaHaving only been with his daughter, he immediately chose to get dressed and go to a safe place. He drove past, saw the car, and when he arrived at the gas station, he called 911 from a pay phone.

Two policemen came to the place where Danna was. They were still unaware of the kidnapping of Polly Klaas that happened some time ago.

There was no data crossing and this turned out to be a big mistake. The policemen went to a dead car with Danna. They approached the man and asked for his information.

They have his name Richard Allen Davis.. But neither he nor his car seemed to have an arrest warrant.

They could not access the database of recent incidents where they could read the number of complaints against him about the abduction.

In any case, they suspected the situation and claimed that the owner of the house complained about trespassing on private property. But she didn’t want to. Nothing serious happened.

Also, when I searched for a car, I found only beer. So they called a tow truck to get rid of the car, took him to the road and lost him.

The most painful discovery

November 27 Danna He was monitoring logging operations on his land when he came across compelling evidence.

He found children’s clothing in the same place where a stranger was embedded.

In Case of Polly It was already known and there were no detainees. I will call the police.Investigator Mike McManus Arrived at the scene and found more elements.

Everything was taken to the FBI Institute of Criminology for comparison with other clothes taken from the house Polly.. The tests turned out to match.

Worst record

It turned out that the police team was using different routes and was unaware of the kidnapping that occurred two hours ago.

Otherwise, the ending would have been different.Since then, according to a subsequent statement of the murderer, then Polly She was still alive. According to his explanation, he ordered him to hide between the bushes at the time of the accident.

When the police left Davis returned to the scene and returned her to her car.Then, in another open space, he brutally killed her...

There were 500 destinies to search for the bodies. But they didn’t get anything.

When Davis was arrested on December 4th. He confessed to the crime and identified where the body was found..

It was also revealed that Davis had been sentenced to imprisonment and commutation for his previous felony.

Polly Clars Foundation

In the midst of anger and sorrowful pain, his father Mark classI decided to focus on something positive.

So it was a year after the crime he made Klaas Kids Foundation.. “I understood the death of my little daughter and did it to create her heritage in her name to protect the next generation,” she wrote on her website.

In addition, Mark Somehow, a law amendment was introduced, and repeat offenders convicted of abnormal crimes were sentenced to life imprisonment from 25 years...

Also to improve the police radio connection system.Something that would have prevented the crime Polly..

28 years of crime

Richard Allen Davis Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996.. He is serving a sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Due to threats from other prisoners, he is imprisoned in a cell.

Eve He found strength only in his relationship Annie, His youngest daughter.He worked for a while at the foundation he supervises Mark class After that, I started to concentrate on jewelry design. Annie grew up with the intimate memories of her sister.

mark He is still dedicated to the Foundation, along with other members of his family.