On November 12th, 1982, a man stepped out into the alley behind his work. It was a freezing Seattle night, but he had to cross

the alley to deposit the garbage and the dumpster outside. Plus, taking the garbage out, gave him

a short break and some fresh air. Unfortunately, he got more than a

quick break on this particular trip to the dumpster. In the alley, he came across a cardboard

box that held what he first believed was a mannequin.

It wasn't though.

So he called the Seattle police and Sergeant Joe Sanford responded.

He said that he noticed in the trash box that he's seen a foot. And I think as I remember, he thought it was a doll for a minute until he did a double tape.

That's a real person there. Of course he

immediately called the police. From A&E this is cold case files.

Detective Dan Engel accompanied Sergeant Sanford when they reported to the alley to investigate the scene and it wasn't pretty.

What had been mistaken for a mannequin or a doll was actually the body of a teenage girl,

dumped in a cardboard box. This is Detective Engel.

She was in the large box and then there were other boxes, smaller boxes placed on top as if to cover the body.

The investigators tried to gather as much information as they could about the teenage murder victim, like when

and where she had been killed.

And that started with some indicators on her body itself.

Here's Sergeant Sanford to explain.

Well, I've seen that little girl obviously,

appeared to be in full rigor, which kind of tells you that she was killed somewhere else and brought there.

When Sergeant Sanford mentions Rigger, he means Rigger Mortis, which is a term that describes a dead body when the joints and muscles go completely stiff.

Rigger Mortis usually sets in a few hours after death, and it would be extremely difficult to get a

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