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Mexico celebrates its Independence Day on September 16th, a lot like Americans celebrate the 4th of July.

There are parades and parties and fireworks.

The City of Sanguine, Texas, Helden Independence Festival on September 16th, 1992.

Eglina Diaz-Daleon was 15, a high schooler. She wanted to go with her friends to the

celebration. Her mother was hesitant, but she let Eglina go on her own. She trusted her daughter.

So, Eglina went to the festival with her friends, but she never made it home.

From A&E, this is Cole Case Files. I'm Brooke, and here's the brilliant Bill Curtis with a classic case,

Justice Freglina.

Like Moths to a Flame, the people are drawn to the bright lights of a Texas carnival.

They are young, mostly, looking for a night out, and a bit of fun.

None realize they are being watched by a killer, and that one amongst them has already been marked for death.

A little past 2am, and the carnival is closed for the night. A solitary beat cop picks his way past

the festival grounds, and into the courtyard of a nearby church. In a dark corner,

behind a statue of St Andrew, he sees a figure outlined in black. It is the body of a young woman.

Officer Maureen Watson and Detective Jimmy Limmer are called to the crime scene.

It was shocking, it was sad, and for me, a young patrolman, it was overwhelming.

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