Hello and thank you for joining us for this episode of Into the Killing.

For today's episode, we're going back to October 2006.

On October 9, 2006, North Korea conducted its first ever nuclear tests.

That same day, Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 million.

It turned out to be a smart purchase. In 2020, YouTube generated $19 billion in revenue.

On October 29, 2006, the top movie at the box office was the third movie in the Saw franchise.

On that day, the number one song was Moneymaker by Ludacris featuring Furel Williams.

That day, two men were doing some target practice on an oil field just outside of Kilgore,

Texas. Then they smelled some smoke.

They went looking for the source and discovered a fire was burning.

On the ground of the base of the fire, there appeared to be a mannequin with some wood on it.

They got a closer look and realized it was a human body.

They called 911. The fire department and the police arrived on the scene shortly afterward.

Beneath the body was some wood and some wood had been piled on top of it.

Near the body was an empty gas can.

The body had no identification on it.

It was estimated that the fire was only started a few minutes before the body was found.

So the police were able to recover the victim's jeans and a purple sweater.

In the pocket of the jeans there was $40, so the police did not think that the victim was murdered over a robbery.

However, the fire had done enough damage to their face to make them unrecognizable.

In fact, the police didn't even know the sex of the victim.

The medical examiner determined that I was a young woman.

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