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Four-year-old Ruth Anne O'Neill goes missing in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Her neighbor, thirteen-year-old Michele Gates, has information that can shed some light on the disappearance. What police find out from Michele would shock the Portland metro area and lead to a record-breaking trial. Join Emily and Alisha as they explore this famous case and compare it to another which took place decades before it.    Check out www.murderintherain.com/blog/episode-7-little-rain-boots for additional information, images, and locations of the crime.    Sources  Father of Portland Child Killer, Michele Gates, accused of shooting her husband Joe McHale https://www.abcfoxmontana.com/father-of-portland-child-killer-michele-gates-accused-of-shooting/article_20a9ea9f-acd8-5d75-b892-fa301631b588.html  Dad of notorious child-killer Michele Gates pleads not guilty to killing her husband Chad Sokol https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2019/01/dad-of-notorious-child-killer-michele-gates-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-her-husband.html  The strange case of child-killer Michele Gates and how it changed Oregon forever By The Oregonian/OregonLive https://expo.oregonlive.com/news/g66l-2019/01/2b570a52594854/the-strange-case-of-killer-mic.html  Ore. Woman Indicted In Arson, Murder Plot Times Staff: Times News Services http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920418&slug=1487143 Portland-area residents unaware of their homes' creepy histories KATU https://katu.com/news/local/portland-area-residents-unaware-of-their-homes-creepy-histories  Matter of Gates https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/1982/642-p-2d-1200-0.html Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/sociopathy