This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

I was scared. I was crushed. Who did this? I need to find out what happened to her.

When you're looking at somebody you think murdered your sister, you're going to look them right in the eyes.

You did that.

I'm not looking away.

There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America.

Each one is a cold case.

Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

It's the afternoon of August 23rd, 1972, in Snohomish County, Washington.

20-year-old Jody Loomis and her younger sister, Jaina, hop on their bikes and head off to visit their horse named Saudi for the afternoon. It was a beautiful day. Back in 1972, I'm 12. I took off down the road to meet my

girlfriend. Jody decided she was going to go to Saadi and be back before dark. My mom said,

Jody, you got your dime. We always carried a dime for a telephone call, if anything ever took place. And she

peddled off. Neighbors see Jody, with her dark blonde hair pulled back into a long ponytail,

as she pedals past them down the street and out of view. An hour and a half later, a young couple

drives into the woods in rural Snohomish County,

looking for a secluded hideaway to enjoy their secret romance. It's around 5.30 p.m. when they

spot a log blocking the road ahead of them. When they get out to move the obstacle, they see the

body of a young woman lying approximately 15 feet beyond the log.

She was on her back, wearing a pair of knee-length socks, boots, and bikini-style underwear.

There are clothes strewn around where she's lying. A dime on the dirt glistens in the afternoon sun,

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