Police Were Frantically Searching For Them

Meanwhile, the police were on the lookout for the missing boy, Jason Wilkman, as well as Mary and Beth Stauffer. Jason’s friend had gone home the day Jason went missing crying, telling his parents that Jason had been kidnapped by a man in a car. The police began to consider the possibility that all three of them had been abducted by the same person.

Finally Getting Free

It was on July 7, 1980 that Mary and Beth thankfully got free from Shiue’s clutches. When Shiue was away at work that day, Mary managed to open the closet door by getting the hinge out. The two, who happened to be chained together, got to the telephone attached to the kitchen wall and called the police. Then, they made their way outside the house to wait for the authorities to arrive.