Royal Russell Long

Long is also a possible suspect in the disappearances and murders of a number of young women and girls in Wyoming and Oklahoma along with several other cases throughout Colorado and Missouri.

In 1974, Long moved to the Rawlins, Wyoming region, where he worked as a carny and part-time long-haul truck driver at local fairs and carnivals beginning in 1981.

Long pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping for the purpose of committing indecent liberties with a minor and was sentenced to two life terms in prison.

[2] He died of a heart attack in 1993 at the Wyoming State Penitentiary and was never convicted in connection with any missing people besides Baldeagle.

[3] After his conviction, Long was tied by authorities to several disappearances and deaths in the Wyoming and Oklahoma areas during the 1970s and 1980s, some of which involved carnivals or similar events.