Zachary Anderson: The Trusted Houseguest Who Killed Elena Erdle
On a quiet August night in 2016, 5-year-old Elena Erdle was tucked safely into bed with her favorite Elsa blanket in her small-town Watkins, Minnesota home. By morning, she was gone—along with her father's pickup truck and Zachary Anderson, a trusted friend and softball teammate sleeping under their roof who had no forced entry to overcome. A frantic statewide Amber Alert led investigators 90 miles north to a remote Cass County cabin, where K-9 units discovered the stolen truck tucked in a ravine and Anderson standing knee-deep in a swamp. Step inside this heartbreaking true crime documentary…
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