Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And the story I have for you today might be one of the most baffling cases we've ever covered.

When a 14-year-old boy is stabbed and beaten to death outside of a high school early one

morning in 1986, the whole community is shocked.

As rumors fly in the small city of Middletown, New York, it seems like everyone is a suspect.

Yet no one has a motive.

And even after months of interviews and research by our reporter Nina, there are still so many questions.

But police think there are still people out there who might be able to give a grieving family

that answers they've been seeking for far too long.

This is the story of Sean Edwards.

It's a bitterly cold day on Wednesday, January 15, 1986 in Middletown, New York.

And all Cynthia Edwards can think of is getting some rest.

The mom of five has walked pneumonia, and by the time she gets home from work and running

errands, she's exhausted.

She's finally getting ready to lay down when the phone rings.

And her youngest child, 14-year-old Sean, jumps to get it before she can.

She tells him that better not be his school.

You see, staff has recently started calling parents of kids who skip class, and she wants

to make sure that he's not getting into any trouble.

He laughs and assures his mom that it's not the school, but she listens for a second

just to make sure.

And when she's listening, she overhears him say something about someone bothering his

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