Days before Duluth native Mary Stauffer and her family were scheduled to leave for the Philippines on a four-year Baptist missionary trip, she took her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, to get a haircut in suburban St. Paul. Upon leaving the salon, the mother and daughter were confronted by a man with a gun and an evil […]
In 1980, a Minnesota woman and her 8-year-old daughter were kidnapped and held for 53 days. This is their story
Mary and Irv Stauffer sat down with Forum News Service to recall their tale of terror that happened 39 years ago.
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Mary Stauffer looks at a photo of the closet where she and her eight-year-old daughter were imprisoned after Ming Sen Shiue kidnapped them in 1980. The pair escaped after 53 days. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
HERMANTOWN, Minn. Days before Duluth native Mary Stauffer and her family were scheduled to leave for the Philippines on a four-year Baptist missionary trip, she took her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, to get a haircut in suburban St. Paul.
In 1980, a Minnesota woman and her 8-year-old daughter were kidnapped and held for 53 days. This is their story
Mary and Irv Stauffer sat down with Forum News Service to recall their tale of terror that happened 39 years ago.
Written By:
Rick Weegman / Forum News Service | 10:13 am, Oct. 3, 2019 ×
Mary Stauffer looks at a photo of the closet where she and her eight-year-old daughter were imprisoned after Ming Sen Shiue kidnapped them in 1980. The pair escaped after 53 days. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
HERMANTOWN, Minn. Days before Duluth native Mary Stauffer and her family were scheduled to leave for the Philippines on a four-year Baptist missionary trip, she took her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, to get a haircut in suburban St. Paul.