Daniel Morcombe was 13 years old when he was taken from a bus stop in Queensland Australia. Queensland was supposed to be one of the safest places to live so this absolutely rocked the community. It would be 8 years before anyone would get answers, and the man who gave the answers is one of the scariest people to walk the planet.

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Sources:

https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/608476/cif-morcombe-d-20190405.pdf

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-23/daniel-morcombe-adam-davidson-sentenced-over-cowan-torture/9076452

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/daniel-morcombe-s-killer-brett-peter-cowan-stabbed-in-the-ear-and-neck-20180504-p4zdd2.html

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The Abduction and Murder of Daniel Morcombe