Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and the story I have for you today is about

a young woman whose murder caused controversy in a small Texas town and left a family divided.

Figuratively, and in this case literally, all signs seem to point to one man as the killer.

And yet, decades later, this case remains open and unsolved. This is the story of Kathy

Page.

In the early morning hours of May 14, 1991, local police in Viter, Texas responded to a call

about a car that's found crashed into a ditch. Detective Ray Mosley is one of the first

on the scene, and at first glance, this appears to be a tragic accident. But as he approaches

the vehicle, it takes him no time at all to realize something is off. There is a woman

in the driver's seat, and even though she is in the car that just took a nose dive into

a ditch and isn't wearing her seatbelt, her head is laid back against the headrest

not falling forward like you might expect. Her feet are up against the driver's seat,

not outstretched towards the pedals, like you also might expect. Her purse is still standing

upright, there are soft drinks that haven't even been spilled. The car itself even has

very little damage, and there are no tire marks on the road suggesting that anyone tried

to even stop the vehicle from going into the ditch. The woman's nose is visibly broken,

and there is blood on the back of her head, but there is no blood on the steering wheel

or anywhere else for that matter. Detective Mosley also notices clear marks around the woman's

neck, and this is a woman who he recognizes as 34-year-old Kathy Page. And listen, nothing

about Kathy's death is saying tragic car accident to him. Sadly, no life-saving measures

could be taken, and Kathy is pronounced dead at the scene. But before placing her body

in a waiting ambulance, Detective Mosley takes a moment to note her appearance. Aside

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