Hi, crime junkies. I'm Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. Today, I am as baffled as I am consumed by this case. It's one where two teens seemingly excelling in every way go out for a night of fun and then are brutally shot dead in what could almost seem a targeted ambush. And I'm obsessed with this case not only because it took place right here in Indiana,

but because some believe answers in this unsolved double murder may have been right under police's noses throughout their nearly 40-year quest for justice.

This is the story of the West Side Park murders. It's around midnight on September 28, 1985, when Officer Terry Winters of the Muncie Police Department is on patrol in Westside Park, which literally, as its name suggests, is on the west side of the town, and it runs along the White River.

It's a Saturday night, just before midnight,

and according to a book by Keith Roysden and Douglas Walker, a source will rely on very heavily

here for this episode. Derry also has his canine partner, Max, with him. Now at some point,

this real-life Turner and Hooch hop in their squad car to leave,

and as they pull out, the headlights catch on some tire tracks that lead to a Volkswagen hatchback

idling in a little gravel area of the park.

Now, one of Terry's responsibilities is to scope out any cars left in the park past closing,

which was about an hour earlier.

So this is literally the gig, and Terry gets out to investigate.

There doesn't appear to be any movement coming from inside the car, but as he approaches

and puts his flashlight through the open driver's side window, he gets the shock of his life.

There are two teenagers, a boy and a girl, shot dead in the front seats.

In the book, The West Side Park murders Muncie's most notorious cold case,

it says that both the front seats were reclined with like sleeping bags draped over them

and the passenger side window was shattered.

The guy who's in the driver's seat has been shot in the torso and the girl who's in the

passenger seat was shot in the head. It's not long before the entire place is crawling with

police and investigators take note of the fact that there are no signs of a struggle

and no signs that point to this

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