an A&E original podcast.

This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

It was alternately scary, frightening, and questioning.

I was terrified.

I was thinking some wacko is going to jump out of the bushes and grab me.

Who would have done this?

It had to be some completely bizarre pervert.

This was a case that I grew up with.

This was in the background of my childhood.

I was questioning whether we would have her back alive.

And I wanted to know what happened.

This is crazy. We have two different killers.

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 August 4, 1986.

The weather is warmer than usual, and the sun is shining in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma is described as a blue collar town, just over 30 miles from Seattle.

Although it's the third largest city in the state, Tacoma sits on the banks of the Puget Sound in the shadow of Mount Rainier.

One of the most popular places to visit in the area is Point Defiance Park.

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