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When four teenagers were murdered at Gitchie Manitou in 1973, Sioux Falls high school students weren't given much support to deal with the trauma.

Phil Hamman knew someone died. The rumors began over a November weekend in 1973. He was a sophomore at Sioux Falls Washington High School.

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Phil Hamman knew someone died. The rumors began over a November weekend in 1973. He was a sophomore at Sioux Falls Washington High School.

Four boys shot to death near their campsite in Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, just across the border into northwestern Iowa

The philosophy surrounding responses to child trauma has certainly changed in the 50 years since the murders at Gitchie Manitou.

Fifty years ago, five teenagers went to the woods on the Iowa-South Dakota border for a campfire. Only one of them survived the night.

On a fall evening in 1973, five teenagers were attacked by a group of three murderous brothers at South Dakota's Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

On a fall evening in 1973, five teenagers were attacked by a group of three murderous brothers at South Dakota's Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

On a fall evening in 1973, five teenagers were attacked by a group of three murderous brothers at South Dakota's Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.