Murder at the Mall: The Michelle Martinko Case

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Michelle Martinko fought for her life in a parking lot. Her attacker was left bleeding — creating the evidence that solved the case. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports for "48 Hours."

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0:09.4	On December 19, 1979, Michelle Martenko was a 18-year-old high school senior.
0:24.0	She was impossible to miss. She had the big blonde hair.
0:29.5	She was that striking. She was striking.
0:33.5	Just a smart, kind, nice person.
0:36.5	She was a member of the concert choir. They had a banquet, which she attended.
0:45.5	Afterwards, Michelle ended up going to the mall, so did a bunch of her friends from the choir.
0:51.5	The mall had just opened. It was two months old.
0:54.5	It was the place to be and see the rapids at the time.
0:58.5	So she would have been parked right in this area?
1:01.5	Yeah, she would have been parked facing this direction.
1:05.5	She left the mall shut a little before it closed, to close to 10pm that night.
1:09.5	You're talking December and Iowa. It's very dark.
1:12.5	It's very dark.
1:14.5	Michelle walks out and gets in her car.
1:19.5	This person snuck up on Michelle, opened the door and climbed in.
1:24.5	She was stabbed and cut at a total of 29 times.
1:29.5	This was a real fight.
1:32.5	It looks personal. It's a lot of stab wounds. It's overkill.
1:37.5	It's always the boyfriend. It's the girlfriend.
1:40.5	The husband. Someone really, really close to the person.
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