Marion’s Ride: The Girl Who Never Came Home

She was only twelve.

It was a warm Monday—August 27, 1962—when Marion Brubaker got on her bike and rode into the woods of Coventry Township, Ohio. A place she likely thought was safe. Familiar. Close to home.

But Marion never made it back.

Later that day, a 15-year-old boy stumbled upon something that would change the quiet town forever: Marion’s body. She had been strangled—her life stolen in the most brutal, senseless way imaginable.

Sixty years have passed since that devastating discovery, but Marion’s name is still whispered in the corners of Summit County. A young girl, full of life and promise, silenced far too soon—and for what?

This is not just a cold case. It’s a wound that never healed.

In this episode of Lost Girls, we revisit Marion’s story. Not just the crime, but the community, the investigation, and the enduring impact of her death. We ask the questions that still hang in the air: Who did this? Why? And why, after all these years, has no one been held accountable?

Marion Brubaker was more than a headline. She was a daughter. A classmate. A little girl with dreams—and someone took all of that away.

It’s time to remember her. To say her name out loud. To refuse to let her case fade into history.

This is "Marion’s Ride: The Girl Who Never Came Home."

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