Previously on Anatomy of Murder.

Yeah, I need somebody to come out to my house. I think my fiance is dead.

I don't even know if I ever, ever, mentioned must be for it.

That was the very first night, Cory, ever told me to be up here.

I'm so sorry, Cory. I never meant to hurt you.

I loved you, Cory. I never meant to kill you.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Sige-Nikolazi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries through conviction.

And this is Anatomy of Murder.

Before we get started with the first day of the investigation, we have to go to the hospital.

Anatomy of Murder.

Before we get started with today's episode, I just want to remind all of you you can follow Anna Sige and myself on all of our social channels at Weinberger Media and at Anna Sige-Nikolazi.

Just a reminder, today's episode is the second part of an episode we started last week.

So if you haven't already listened, go back to last week's episode first.

When 22-year-old Cory Wenke was found bludgeon to depth in his West Liberty home, it upended the Iowa town.

And to make matters worse over two decades past after his murder and still his case remained open.

No one was arrested or even held accountable for cutting his life tragically short.

Back in 1992 when this homicide happened, investigators had interviewed hundreds of people and chased down multitudes of tips.

They looked at several women he was involved with, including his fiancee Jody, the mother of his child Wendy, and his on-again, off-again, romantic partner, Annette.

But the case went cold.

It was 25 years after Cory's murder that Muscatine County attorney, Alan Ostegrand, got an unexpected phone call.

An investigator who had been at the hospital on another case said that he had spoken with a nurse there actually had been approached by a nurse and her name was Jesse Becker.

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