Fun-loving, disco queen Cheryl Thompson is ecstatic to go dancing with her boyfriend, but she completely vanishes on her way to the disco. Her battered body is discovered on a riverbank 2 weeks later. Over 3 decades elapse before her freezing cold case finally gains fiery hot momentum.
Sources:
- https://breaking911.com/dna-used-to-uncover-70s-serial-killer-who-raped-and-strangled-college-student-in-ohio/
- https://www.cincinnati.com/story/accused/2020/10/26/backstory-investigators-hope-dna-might-solve-cheryl-thompsons-1978-slaying/3630172001/
- https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/its-driven-me-crazy-for-40-something-years-friend-grateful-after-officials-solve-cheryl-thompson-cold-case
- https://www.wlwt.com/article/42-years-later-loveland-detectives-use-dna-technology-in-hopes-of-finding-killer-in-unsolved-murder/34114071
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