Robert John Lanoue, a 72-year-old U.S. Army veteran, pleaded guilty this week to the murder of five-year-old Anne Pham in Seaside, California, in 1982. After a decades-long investigation, DNA testing linked Lanoue to the crime, revealing he had a history of sexual offenses. Anne, who was eager to walk to school alone, was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered. After years of being unsolved, the case was reopened in 2020. Lanoue's guilty plea ensures he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, bringing some closure to the community and the victim's family.
"He acknowledged that he may have blocked it out of his memory to protect himself,
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