REOPENED: The Tourniquet

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A ligature tied around the neck, and tightened with a tourniquet. Sponsors: Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive. ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/CCF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. That’s Zocdoc.com/CCF Apartments: Check out Apartments.com , the place to find your pet friendly place. Warner: Listen to Deadly Nightmares wherever you listen to your podcasts

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0:00.0	This episode of Cold Case Files the Podcast contains descriptions of sexual assault and murder of children.
0:07.0	Lister discretion is advised.
0:13.0	On April 16, 1992, Detective Ron Horowitz, a crime scene investigator,
0:19.0	was working as shift in the homicide office in Houston, Texas.
0:23.0	A call came in that the body of a woman had been discovered in the drive-through lane of a local dairy queen.
0:29.0	It wasn't long after he arrived that he realized that the woman had been sexually assaulted and choked.
0:36.0	One-third of all murder cases in America remain open.
0:40.0	Each one is called a cold case, and only one percent are ever solved.
0:45.0	This is one of those rare cases.
0:48.0	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files the Podcast.
1:00.0	Her panties would pull down to her knees, and she had this little rope tied around her neck with a piece of, I believe, dollop or wood.
1:14.0	Detective Horowitz processed the scene.
1:16.0	He first filmed the area and then collected and analyzed the physical evidence.
1:20.0	He collected semen from her mouth and scraped under her fingernails, hoping for some biological clue.
1:26.0	They also sought to identify the victim, to give her a name and to notify her family and friends of her tragic death.
1:32.0	About an hour later, a news story breaks about a murder at dairy queen.
1:36.0	They show footage of the scene, including the body that have been covered by a sheet.
1:40.0	Barely peeking out from underneath the shroud was a pair of white and gold shoes.
1:45.0	Rosa Agreta was watching the news.
1:48.0	I looked at the TV, and the only thing I could see was her shoes.
1:54.0	The shoes were identical to the ones owned by her friend, Maria del Carmen Estrada.
1:58.0	The two women had made plans to meet at Rosa's house that very morning, but Maria hadn't made it.
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