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The Santa Strangler

Feb 15, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Leidenberg's First Confession

  • In 1975, Jeanie Lautenberg met Adolf Leidenberg, her boyfriend's stepfather, while apartment hunting.
  • Leidenberg confessed to murdering and raping four women, leading Jeanie and her boyfriend to report him to the police.
ANECDOTE

A Second Confession

  • Twenty-seven years later, another daughter-in-law of Leidenberg came forward with the same confession.
  • This reignited the cold case investigation, prompting detectives to revisit Jeanie Lautenberg's story.
ANECDOTE

The Datebook

  • Detectives found Jeanie's 1975 datebook, which corroborated her story.
  • Her entry, "Ad confesses sins," provided crucial evidence supporting her claims about Leidenberg.
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