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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Cracking the case of missing & murdered schoolgirl Debbie Randall

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Debbie Lynn Randall was 3rd-grader when she was snatched off a Marietta, Georgia, street, then raped, killed, and thrown in a ditch not too far from her home. It’s been 45 years since her death, and the killer still remains elusive. Detective Morris Nix of the Cobb County Cold Case Unit, who wants nothing more than to find justice for a little girl, believes he can solve the case. Nix and CrimeOnline reporter Leigh Egan join Nancy Grace to discuss the latest in the investigation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The

0:01.0

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph Channel 132

0:11.3

Who killed Deborah Lynn Randall?

0:13.3

How do you do something like this in a living room?

0:15.9

Deborah Lynn Randall from January 13, 1972.

0:19.2

Daddy was 9 years old when she vanished.

0:21.8

It's been more than 43 years.

0:24.1

Group of retired detectives volunteering their time determined to bring her family answer.

0:28.6

To a beautiful kid, to a picture, you said the emotions.

0:32.6

Detective Nick's is part of a rare group of retired police officers who specialize

0:36.7

in solving Cobb County's cold cases.

0:39.2

If you're investigating, you're detecting, you're a cop.

0:42.3

That's what you live for.

0:43.3

That don't call that family.

0:44.3

I'm saying, sit down with the best of me before you.

0:47.3

I'd give anything if I could find out who it works before I pass through it.

0:52.6

We have it forgotten and we're not going to give up.

0:55.9

There was a cold cold winter's night and a 9-year-old little girl, Debbie Lynn Randall.

1:02.3

Debbie Lynn Randall steps out of a laundry mat to head back home.

1:07.0

She's only a half a block away from her family's home.

1:11.5

She's got with her the detergent.

1:13.9

They've been doing their family laundry.

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