Eric Christian's Murder Sparked Outrage in the Community

Several witnesses had now come forward to report seeing a boy who matched erick's description. Within the hour that he went missing, they all saw him walking along the train tracks near the missouri river with an older man tightly gripping his arm and leading him along. Investigators questioned and cleared recent paroles from the missouri state penitentiary. They also paid a visit to a psychiatric hospital in saint josef where a lack of security meant it was common for patients to a casionally wonder from the ground. One staff member mentioned that a patient who had been admitted shortly after erik's body was found had been exhibiting strange behavior. He repeatedly wrote erik's name over and over on