Our card this week is Yula K Miller, the 10 of Diamonds from Texas. 26 year old Yula,

who most people knew as K was a strong and independent woman.

From what I can gather, she lived her life to the fullest, working hard and playing harder.

But in the summer of 1970 1970 that would all change when someone took her life, and

that someone is still out there.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. So, You're going to. It was 2.30 in the afternoon on Thursday, July 16, 1970 when an assistant manager of the hilltop apartments made her way

to apartment L1 with a woman named Brenda O'Neill by her side. Brenda who also

lived in the building had noticed some flies on apartment

L1's windows. Now, it was hot, we're talking summertime in Odessa, Texas, so

maybe flies alone wouldn't be alarming but Brenda had also smelled a strong

odor emanating from the apartment. Even more concerning Brenda couldn't get anyone to

answer the door.

And this wasn't some random stranger. Kay Miller, who lived in the apartment, was a close friend of hers.

So I imagine both Brenda and the assistant manager knew that something was seriously wrong.

But I'm not sure anyone could have prepared for what they found in that apartment.

Here's Detective Lauren Gonzalez who works cold cases for the Odessa PD.

Kay Miller was on her bed at an angle with her feet hanging off the bed.

She was completely nude and was already in a state of decomposition.

The bed was unmade and there was bunched up sheets or bedding on the edge of the bed.

It looked like there was a very significant amount of blood soaked into the mattress.

They couldn't even... amount of blood soaked into the mattress.

They couldn't even really tell what injuries she had just by looking at her at that time.

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