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In 1991 a nine-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Chula Vista, California

Her body was dumped in plain sight

Any child's death any death for that matter is a tragedy

When a child dies violently and the murder is so public it affects the entire community

The impact gets hardest among the family and loved ones of course

But it ripples outwards and becomes part of a shared memory

Chama works in strange ways when it comes to memories

Sometimes it erases the difficult things from your mind that you can't bear to think about

But it can also cement them in your memory

Fear and trauma can make the memory that much clearer and that much harder to let go of

I think that's what happened in Chula Vista back in 1991

When Laura Roya was kidnapped from her own home and murdered the fear must have been unimaginable

And when her story was publicized even further while theories started to circulate

Theories about visions of Laura appearing at night whether these visions were driven by dramatic memories or just a need to see her again

One thing was for sure

Laura's murder was unforgettable and detectives wouldn't rest until they found her killer

From A&E this is cold case files. I'm Brooke and here's the dynamic Bill Curtis with a classic case

Danger at the door

The person that kidnapped then killed nine year old Laura Roya made no effort to hide her body

It didn't take investigators long to make the connection to a reporting kidnapping last night

There was a knock on the door the nine year old female answered the door and

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