Our card this week is Sherry Black, the nine of hearts from Utah.

This is part two of her story.

If you haven't yet, go back and listen to the previous episode, because in that I told

you about the start of the investigation into a horrifying murder that rocked the community

of South Salt Lake in Utah.

When we left off, it had been more than a year since the murder.

And even though the police had the killer's DNA, they had no suspects or motive.

But Sherry's daughter, Heidi Miller, had just come across some information that she hoped

could change the trajectory of the entire investigation.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck.

A friend had given Heidi a copy of a book called The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo, which

details the creation of the Vitox Society.

We've mentioned them on this show before, there an exclusive group of active and former

investigators and forensic experts who review unsolved homicides.

Once she learned more about the Vitox Society, Heidi called the lead detective at South Salt

Lake to suggest bringing them on board, and she was excited to hear that the department

had already taken steps in that direction.

Now usually, Vitox didn't look at cases that were less than two years old, but this time

they made an exception.

Between the Nate Carlisle reporting for the Salt Lake Tribune, in March of 2012, a small

group of Vitox Society members came out to Utah and spent a few days pouring over the

evidence in Sherry's case with the police.

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