And the skull was just almost obliterated on that side.

You know, if they were not able to get a profile, then that would have shut the door on

this case completely. I'm Scott Weinberger. I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anaseika Nicholazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries true conviction.

And this is anatomy of murder.

Buckle up because today's story has it all, moonshining, bank robbers, the Kansas City

mafia and a cold case murder that went unsolved for 32 years.

But as you'll hear, it's also the story of how members of law enforcement in a rural county

deployed determination, patients, DNA science, and good old gumshoe detective work to solve a mystery that started way back in 1990.

It's kind of like putting a puzzle back together which is always kind of intrigued me and

I've always liked a beginning and end.

Helping us tell that story is Lieutenant Hunter Petray,

a 25-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office in Benton County, Arkansas,

a mostly rural area just west of the Ozark Mountains, also along

the border of Missouri and Oklahoma, although you might have heard of it as the corporate home

of Walmart. Hunter grew up in Benton County and he wore a lot of hats before joining the Sheriff's Office.

After college at the University of Arkansas,

go raise a wax by the way, he first had his sights on a career as an optometrist but chose to work in law

enforcement instead, first at the county jail and then transport records divisions, parks, and then finally investigations.

In other words, he spent a life of service to his community,

which, as you might know, has a well-earned reputation for being humble, resilient, and fiercely independent.

It's also a community steeped in folklore and storytelling and more than its share of mysteries.

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