Arlis Kay Dykeman was born on February 22, 1955, in the small town of Linton, ND, to Marvin Dykeman and Jean Van Beek. She graduated from Bismarck High School in 1973, where she was a cheerleader and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She might have also been involved with Young Life, as I was.
She attended Bismarck Junior College for a year
before she married.
In Aug of 1974 she married Bruce Perry.
Her grandparents were
Abel Dykema 1903-1993 & Wilmina Millenaar 1903-1998
Garritt Van Beek 1904-1976 & Virginia Wolf 1905-1992
All of whom were born and died in North Dakota. Deep roots here.
Arlis was raised a Christian.
After Bruce and Arlis were married, they moved to California to finish schooling at Standford.
Unfortunately, one evening they got into a spat about the air pressure in one of the car tires. That would be the last time the two newlyweds would ever see each alive.
Arlis went to the chapel on the campus to pray and she was brutally murdered.
Now the rest might be a theory, to some but it's really not.
We have had Devil Worshipers in the Bismarck area for a long time. The caves that were out by the University of Mary were closed by authorities placing dynamite in them and blowing them up.
It is said there were altars for sacrificing and occult writings on the walls.
I remember when I was a teenager and on a Halloween night, we drove through Hillside Cemetery, and the Occult Worshipers were there and attacked our car. We were scared and got the heck out of there.
Arlis' murder is I believe connected to The Son of Sam. I think she tried to convert some young followers of this Occult and it pissed someone off.
This poor girl must have been frightened out of her wits and what they did to her was beyond cruel and morbid.
I am not going to write all the gory details, you can read about them in books, newspapers, and the internet.
I am doing this out of respect for her and her family.
I have read almost every article and book I can get my hands on about this case. I will say the best is a book called The Ultimate Evil the truth about the cult murders: Son of Sam & Beyond by Maury Terry.
He did an outstanding job investigating information and talking directly to David Berkowitz, who by the way told him of all the connection in North Dakota. Some people are saying Maury Terry made up a bunch of stuff to sell a book. Well in my research I have found a lot of truth, and maybe he did add things for drama, I don't know, but every person he wrote about I research and found things. I am not saying one way or the other when it comes to Maury Terry, that a huge black hole people are digging and I want no part of it. The main fact it was David acting alone? or is he has accomplices? That answer lies with David, and he alone can either be truthful about it or take it to his grave and the conspiracy lives on.
As far as I am concerned, the police in North Dakota and California need to step up and do their jobs. If a private investigator and an author can dig up stuff and lead them in a direction where there are answers, then they should maybe head down that road.
It's utterly ridiculous that David Berkowitz has been the only person arrested when most of the Nation knows he was not alone in this. The dead and their families deserve Justice!!
Arlis Rest in Peace the truth will come.
Photo of Arils
Here is a link to the Queens District Attorney's Tape interviews on the Son of Sam Case. I think you will find them very interesting and will open a whole new prospective on this case.
She attended Bismarck Junior College for a year
before she married.
In Aug of 1974 she married Bruce Perry.
Her grandparents were
Abel Dykema 1903-1993 & Wilmina Millenaar 1903-1998
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| Arlis' grandmother Wilmina Millenaar |
Garritt Van Beek 1904-1976 & Virginia Wolf 1905-1992
All of whom were born and died in North Dakota. Deep roots here.
Arlis was raised a Christian.
After Bruce and Arlis were married, they moved to California to finish schooling at Standford.
Unfortunately, one evening they got into a spat about the air pressure in one of the car tires. That would be the last time the two newlyweds would ever see each alive.
Arlis went to the chapel on the campus to pray and she was brutally murdered.
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| Police need to do more research on Occult's |
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| Chapel where Arlis body was found |
Now the rest might be a theory, to some but it's really not.
We have had Devil Worshipers in the Bismarck area for a long time. The caves that were out by the University of Mary were closed by authorities placing dynamite in them and blowing them up.
It is said there were altars for sacrificing and occult writings on the walls.
I remember when I was a teenager and on a Halloween night, we drove through Hillside Cemetery, and the Occult Worshipers were there and attacked our car. We were scared and got the heck out of there.
Arlis' murder is I believe connected to The Son of Sam. I think she tried to convert some young followers of this Occult and it pissed someone off.
This poor girl must have been frightened out of her wits and what they did to her was beyond cruel and morbid.
I am not going to write all the gory details, you can read about them in books, newspapers, and the internet.
I am doing this out of respect for her and her family.
I have read almost every article and book I can get my hands on about this case. I will say the best is a book called The Ultimate Evil the truth about the cult murders: Son of Sam & Beyond by Maury Terry.
He did an outstanding job investigating information and talking directly to David Berkowitz, who by the way told him of all the connection in North Dakota. Some people are saying Maury Terry made up a bunch of stuff to sell a book. Well in my research I have found a lot of truth, and maybe he did add things for drama, I don't know, but every person he wrote about I research and found things. I am not saying one way or the other when it comes to Maury Terry, that a huge black hole people are digging and I want no part of it. The main fact it was David acting alone? or is he has accomplices? That answer lies with David, and he alone can either be truthful about it or take it to his grave and the conspiracy lives on.
As far as I am concerned, the police in North Dakota and California need to step up and do their jobs. If a private investigator and an author can dig up stuff and lead them in a direction where there are answers, then they should maybe head down that road.
It's utterly ridiculous that David Berkowitz has been the only person arrested when most of the Nation knows he was not alone in this. The dead and their families deserve Justice!!
Arlis Rest in Peace the truth will come.
Her husband had a dental partner and friend he supposedly committed suicide in 2005. here's that newspaper clipping. (Just click the link it will take you to the article).
Here's the latest on Arlis' murderer...If he or if he was involved with others who killed her it was because someone told him to and he was bought off or scared for his own life, possibly a part of the Occult. Another Passé?
Photo of Arils
Here is a link to the Queens District Attorney's Tape interviews on the Son of Sam Case. I think you will find them very interesting and will open a whole new prospective on this case.








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