Murder In America

EP. 236: CALIFORNIA: She Let Her Killer In: The Senseless Murder of Autumn Wallace

March 6, 2026·1h 20m·7-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This episode of Murder in America recounts the 1990 murder of nine-year-old Autumn Wallace in Anaheim, California, a brutal crime committed by Maria Alfaro, a former friend of Autumn’s sister, who broke into the Wallace home to steal valuables to fund her drug addiction and murdered Aut

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Autumn WallaceLinda WallaceMaria Del Rosio AlfaroAntonio ReynosoLinda Hand

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Parents of Murdered Children

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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