She Knew Too Much

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 1992, 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless' bloodied body was found in an abandoned car on a desolate strip of highway in Benton, Missouri. Four months into the investigation, investigators got a break: 17-year-old Joshua Kezer had been held briefly in the county jail on assault charges, where, according to several inmates, he confessed to killing Lawless. Kezer was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Sheriff Rick Walter re-opened the case in 2005. Judge Richard Callahan agreed to review the case and, citing prosecutorial misconduct and a lack of evidence, declared Josh Kezer an innocent man. But someone killed Mischelle and high on the list of suspects is a local man, Mark Abbott, who was once a star witness for the prosecution. “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/21/2012. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:56.0	I was the first responding deputy to the scene that night of November of 92. I'll never forget that night.
0:59.0	A couple came in and reported that a car was setting down at the off ramp with the lights on and the engine running.
1:10.0	We opened the door and looked in with my flashlight.
1:14.6	And that's when I saw this girl slumped over in the seat.
1:18.6	There was a lot of blood in her hair.
1:21.6	I really thought that she was dead.
1:23.6	Didn't appear to be breathing at all.
1:29.3	Her name was Angel Michelle Lawless. She was a 19-year-old college student.
1:31.3	She was approximately a half a mile from her residence when I found her.
1:37.3	There's a lot of things that happened that night is still a mystery.
1:43.3	She leaves her boyfriend's house and she was on her way home.
1:49.0	It's possible that somebody was following her up the interstate.
1:59.0	Maybe they knew her and they got her to pull over and stop.
2:03.6	If she knew them and I believe that she didn't know them, I think she knew how bad they were
2:09.6	and how serious this situation was.
2:12.6	And maybe that's why she ended off down at the bottom of the hill.
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