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In early January 1951, a tragic sequence of events unfolded involving the Mosser family, who were traveling from their home in Atwood, Illinois, for a vacation in New Mexico. The family included the father, Carl, the mother, Thelma, and their three children, among them 7-year-old male Ronald Dean Mosser. While driving along Route 66 near Tulsa, Oklahoma, the family stopped to pick up a hitchhiker named William 'Billy' Cook. This decision marked the beginning of a terrifying ordeal, as Cook produ ...Read More
Victim Details

Ronald Dean Mosser

Male

White / Caucasian

Joplin

MO

1951-01-02

7

Ronald

Dean Mosser

01/18/2026