Part 2 of Forum News Service's investigation into the Belinda Van Lith case reveals failures in the police investigation after she went missing, including belated interest in a neighbor, Timothy Crosby.
Belinda Van Lith was 17 years old when she was reported missing on June 15, 1974, after she didn’t show up to her sister’s going-away party. The investigation has twisted and turned.
In July 1987, the city of Bemidji was shaken by the murder of Anita Ann Carlson, 22. She vanished while working a night shift at the Pete’s Place West convenience store, and was later found dead.
Idris Haji-Mohamed has been accused of killing Abdi Abdi in 2021, but the defense says Abdi Abukar, who was killed in 2022, had motive after his vehicles was stolen during a drug deal involving Abdi.