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December 8, 2024 57 mins
Take two on this case! This week, Cindy is looking at a previously cold case that was finally solved over 30 years after a young couple was abducted from Davis, CA, while on their way to a surprise party. As some of you may know, Davis is Cindy's home town, so this case is very near and dear to her, as it was to many people who grew up there, including a journalist named Joel Davis, who became so interested in the case he actually helped get it reopened, and finally solved. Follow along with all the twists and turns of a 30 year case finally solved by a former classmate of one of the victims (with a little help from new DNA technology). This case is sad, frustrating, and ultimately bittesweet - we're glad the monster who killed them was finally caught, but nothing will ever bring this beautiful couple back, or remove the stain on the community from which they were taken one cold, foggy night in December 1980. 

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Sources:
Justice Waits: The UC Davis Sweetheart Murders, by Joel Davis (available on amazon)
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-sweetheart-murders-a-look-back-at-the-case/
https://serological.com/forensic-dna-testing/davis-enterprise-richard-joseph-hirschfield-found-guilty-of-sweetheart-murders/
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