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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Burning Desire

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A California Highway Patrol officer spots a fire in an olive orchard and pulls off to investigate. He finds a woman's body, shot and set ablaze. It doesn't take police long to develop a theory on who did it... but why, where, how, and who else all remain a mystery.

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you.

0:03.3

We're bringing you double the episodes every week.

0:06.0

We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes.

0:09.9

So every Thursday, we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons.

0:15.2

Let us know which classic episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments.

0:18.8

And don't worry, we'll see you back here every Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too.

0:23.7

Now onto the episode.

0:25.3

She was still alive at the time.

0:30.3

I mean, you know, she was very, very distinctive, like, breathing going on.

0:37.6

She had this look in his eyes.

0:41.2

I won't forget that look.

0:42.5

It's just like the stare that you stare down a victim.

0:48.4

And if you say anything, you could be one too.

0:53.6

Later on the night of July 4th, 1997, a California highway patrol officer spotted flames

1:00.8

whipping up from an olive orchard just off the highway in northern California.

1:05.3

When he went to investigate, he found the body of a young woman.

1:08.9

She'd been murdered. Her body had been dumped and set ablaze.

1:14.4

Why was his woman killed?

1:16.4

And how did she end up in this orchard so crudely disposed of?

1:19.6

In order to determine any of that,

1:25.2

detectives first needed to figure out who this mystery woman was.

1:29.6

Then, eventually, they might be able to figure out what person or persons should be held responsible.

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