Kristin Chenoweth Says She Was Nearly a Victim of the Tragic Girl Scout Murders
Wicked star reveals that the tragedy “haunts [her] every day.” While Chenoweth did not make the camping trip, Lori Lee Farmer, 8, Michele Heather Guse, 9, and Doris Denise Milner, 10 were all sexually assaulted and murdered at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma, per .“As a Girl Scout, I loved going to camp…I never once thought anything bad could happen,” the Tony winner recalls. “I could have been one of them.” Kristin Chenoweth was scheduled to go on the trip where the murders took place, but her mother wouldn't let her go because she was sick.The investigation speaks to law enforcement and the families of the victims as it seeks to find the killer “once and for all.” Though an arrest was made, the man charged with the crime was acquitted; now using modern scientific methods including DNA evidence, there is a chance to close the case definitively.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“This is a story I wish I never had to tell, but it needs to be told,” Chenoweth wrote . This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The actor also reflected on both her Southern upbringing and the need for female safety when , saying that on dates, “He doesn’t have to pick you up in his car.