Our card this week is Desiree Meshaud, the Queen of Clubs from Connecticut.

In 1984, 18-year-old Desiree was violently killed in a motel room in South Eastern Connecticut.

For nearly 40 years, her murder has haunted the community and stumped investigators as

they have chased down every promising lead that's come knocking on their door.

But they have yet to find the answers they need to crack this case.

As many of you know, I'm on the road this week, bringing my investigation of a deck case

to a live audience.

So this week we have a special guest host.

This is Kylie Lo and this is The Deck.

It was still dark outside in Groton, Connecticut when Detective John Graves was suddenly awakened

by a phone call.

According to the day, it was barely 4 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, 1984, so he was a bit

confused about who would be calling and why, but he answered anyway.

Detective Graves was instructed to respond right away to a local motel.

The young woman had been found murdered.

Graves booked it to the flagship motel and there, in room 114, Graves and several other

investigators began processing the scene.

The woman was sprawled out on the bed, nude, with a radio cord wrapped around her neck

and what appeared to be some kind of stab wound or puncture wound on her chest.

Throughout the small room, there were clothes, drink bottles, and food containers scattered

about. It looked like someone had been staying there for a few days.

While investigators kept combing through the room, looking for evidence to collect, other

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