Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Brett.

And the story I have for you today is one that remained unsolved for years.

And it very well could have stayed that way if not for one family's relentless pursuit of justice

and one detective's keen eye for detail.

This is the story of Janet Aparoa.

A little after 10pm on the evening of April 26, 2005, 911 operators in Durham, North Carolina

receive a frantic phone call. Raven Aparoa is yelling into the phone.

My wife, she's dead. He tells the operator that he had just arrived home to discover his

wife, 25-year-old Janet, covered in blood in their upstairs office.

He says she's not breathing and he thinks she's been shot because there's blood everywhere.

And the whole time, Raven is totally distraught, barely making sense while his six-month-old son

is screaming in the background. I mean, this call is total chaos.

Once the dispatcher gets the information she needs from Raven, she sends police and paramedics to the scene.

And when they arrive, Raven points them towards the upstairs where they find Janet.

Not shot, but stabbed multiple times.

Which, I mean, I guess in the moment I can see how you could get that messed up.

I mean, there's blood everywhere. Your mind's just gonna fill in the blanks.

We especially to an untrained eye and especially in a situation like this.

Investigators continue to examine the scene and a few things stand out.

First of all, Kate and the baby had been home during the attack, but thankfully completely unharmed.

According to a 2020 episode about this case, there are no signs of forced entry

...