March 11, 1944 - Andre Rand
Operating on the margins of a community that trusted him, Rand preyed on children in a borough where he was a familiar if transient presence — a former school aide who later lived rough near the grounds of the infamous Willowbrook State School. Two convictions for kidnapping anchor his documented crimes, but investigators have long suspected his involvement in additional disappearances spanning the 1970s and 1980s. The cases drew renewed public attention decades after the fact, underscoring how long such harm can remain unresolved.
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Andre Rand (born Frank Rostum Rushan; March 11, 1944), also known as Frank Bruchette and dubbed the Pied Piper of Staten Island, is an American convicted child kidnapper, sex offender and suspected serial killer who is currently serving two sentences of twenty-five years to life in prison for the abductions of two girls, age 7 and 12, on Staten Island, New York. He is eligible for parole in 2037. Rand is the subject of the 2009 documentary Cropsey, which speculates that he may have been the source of an urban legend known by that name.
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