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In 1989

3M worldwide was the largest employer in the state of Minnesota

One employee 38 year old Sharon Bloom was working hard to make her way up the corporate ladder

After a promotion it became clear that it wasn't only Sharon's superiors that had noticed her work and

She became the victim of office pranks that escalated into harassment

Personal items like her keys or glasses would go missing only to show up a few days later

Some presentations and documents that Sharon was working on were taken from her desk and

A pot of coffee was even dumped onto her chair

This is Sharon's boyfriend David co-food

One day she came home and was in tears and her reaction was what could I have done to somebody that could cause them to hate me so much

On November 2nd after her commute from her suburban home in Woodbury

She arrived at the office around 7 30 a.m

She worked until around noon and then was seen with her coat on likely going to get lunch

That afternoon none of the calls to her cubicle were answered and Sharon didn't make it home for dinner

Her body was found a week later

Sharon had been murdered

From A&E this is cold case files

When Sharon didn't get home at the usual time her boyfriend David started to worry

So at about seven I started to call her friends

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