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Amy Willard was 22 in June of 1996.

She lived in Northern Philadelphia and was home for the summer.

She would soon be starting her senior year of college at George Mason University where

she played lacrosse.

Amy was an active person and decided that over her break, she would take a course at the

local community college and join a summer lacrosse league, all while looking for a job.

On Thursday, June 20, she visited Smoky's Bar in Wayne, Pennsylvania and was seen leaving

around 1 a.m.

A little after 2 a.m., her car was found on an off ramp on a section of Interstate 476,

frequently referred to as the Blue Rout.

The passenger door was open and the wrist blood on the pavement around the car.

Lieutenant Lenny Bandy from the Pennsylvania State Police was the first investigator at the

scene.

The tires were all normally inflated so the presence of the tire iron struck me as unusual.

And it's close proximity to the blood that heightened my sense of concern.

Lieutenant Bandy called for backup and was joined at the scene by Corporal Allen Stewart.

My main objective at that point was to try to get this everything photographed as quickly

as I could to be able to collect out evidence before it got wet.

Just as he finished collecting the last of the blood evidence, it began to rain.

The car was then towed to the State Barracks Garage for more testing.

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