For the sixth anniversary of Carol's murder in 1982, the FBI recommended that Detective Keith

worked with the local media to run a story about Carol's unsolved murder, portraying her as a,

quote, innocent, intelligent, all-American girl, and including Detective Keith's name.

It was hoped that this article would cause her killer to talk or to visit Carol's gravesite,

which was staked out, or to call in an anonymous tip or something.

The article ran in the Kentucky Post.

Betty told the publication that she still called Detective Keith every few months and he was always responsive.

Detective Keith noted to the post that he was grateful the clabors had kept their confidence in him,

despite what he termed six fruitless years of investigation.

He said that by this point he had interviewed more than 100 people, and not just in Kentucky.

His investigation had taken him to Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana.

Of course, he'd also ventured into

next door Ohio. He told the post that whenever a new lead would pop up, he would drop whatever

else he was working on and turn his attention to Carol's case. But that was happening less

and less often these days. Betty Reneker continued to hope for resolution. She told the paper,

If you had a jigsaw puzzle that was nine tenths completed, wouldn't it drive you crazy

if you couldn't find the last piece? The case may be dead to a lot of people, but it's not

to us. Finding out who killed Carol is the most important thing in our lives.

The article was a good tactic, but it didn't result in

new leads. Whoever had killed Carol, he wasn't talking. You heard me mention Detective Keith

conducting an investigation in Florida. He went there to interview Ted Bundy about the possibility

that he was responsible for Carol's death. As he told the Kentucky Post, quote,

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