On the evening of March 20th, 1995, Julie Ferguson, a 17-year-old high school junior, worked

her closing shift in the Greenway Shopping Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

After closing up at 9.25pm, Julie waited outside for her friends to pick her up.

When they arrived at 10pm, they found Julie's belongings left behind on the curb, but there

was no sign of Julie. The police were called, and they quickly determined that Julie had

been abducted.

Hours later, Julie's body was discovered a few miles away. She had been brutally murdered

after fighting for her life. It's been more than 28 years since Julie was killed, and

investigators are still searching for the person or people responsible.

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed

private investigator and former police detective. Each week, I'll be covering an unsolved case

and story format. I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide

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whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or whatever

platform you use. Okay, so I'm going to talk quickly about this case. This is a little

longer episode tonight, so I won't take too long. Julie Ferguson, as I just said in the teaser,

this is a mysterious case. There's multiple persons of interest slash suspects, and we're

talking about a very small window of opportunity for our suspect or suspects. And you'll notice

that unlike previous episodes, I usually just say the person responsible tonight, I deliberately

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