On the Case with Paula Zahn Pretty Pink Bicycle (Season 25, Episode 17)
TV Episode | Documentary, Crime

On the Case with Paula Zahn

Pretty Pink Bicycle (Season 25, Episode 17)

TV Episode | Documentary, Crime

Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, age 8, disappeared on September 17, 1984 in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona while riding her pink-colored bicycle a few blocks to mail a birthday card to her aunt. She had been abducted by a stranger, Frank Atwood. ...See moreVicki Lynne Hoskinson, age 8, disappeared on September 17, 1984 in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona while riding her pink-colored bicycle a few blocks to mail a birthday card to her aunt. She had been abducted by a stranger, Frank Atwood. The tip to police that cracked the case was when a physical education teacher, Sam Hall, provided Atwood's license plate number to the investigators. The day before the murder, the teacher had noticed that a man was watching school children. This made the teacher uneasy and he jotted down Atwood's Datsun 280Z vehicle's license plate number and watched the stranger until he left the school area. This valuable information led to the arrest of Frank Jarvis Atwood, age 28, from Los Angeles, who was on parole at the time. Atwood had a long history of sexual assaults against children. Atwood was arrested and convicted of Vicki's murder and was sentenced to death. He was executed by lethal injection on June 8, 2022. Seven months after Vicki's abduction, her partial remains were found by a hiker in a desert area 20 miles from her home. Written by Suzanne See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Paula Zahn Self - Host / Self - Narrator Self - Host / Self - Narrator See fewer	Murphy Brown (1988)
Frank Atwood Self - Convicted of Murder / Self - Sentenced to Death (archive footage) Self - Convicted of Murder / Self - Sentenced to Death (archive footage) See fewer
Larry Bagley Self - FBI Special Agent Self - FBI Special Agent See fewer	The F.B.I. Files (1998)
Debbie Carlson Self - Mother of Vickie Lynn Hoskinson Self - Mother of Vickie Lynn Hoskinson See fewer	The F.B.I. Files (1998)
George Carlson Self - Stepfather of Vickie Lynn Hoskinson Self - Stepfather of Vickie Lynn Hoskinson See fewer	On the Case with Paula Zahn (2009)
John Davis Self - Assistant Attorney General Self - Assistant Attorney General See fewer	On the Case with Paula Zahn (2009)
Gary L. Dhaemers Self - Det. Pina County Sheriff's Dept. (as Gary Dhaemers) Self - Det. Pina County Sheriff's Dept. (as Gary Dhaemers) See fewer	The F.B.I. Files (1998)
Vicki Hoskinson Self - 1984 Murder Victim / Self - Age 8 (archive footage) Self - 1984 Murder Victim / Self - Age 8 (archive footage) See fewer
Sean Ian Frank Jarvis Atwood Frank Jarvis Atwood See fewer	2125 (2020)
Peter Zobenica Self - FBI Special Agent Self - FBI Special Agent See fewer	On the Case with Paula Zahn (2009)