There were many eyes on Lana Long as she walked out on stage for her nightly routine.

She was a popular performer at the Sly Fox Lounge, a club well known for beautiful exotic dances.

Thank you. lounge, a club well known for beautiful exotic dancers. Some time after the performance, Lana Long had an unexpected encounter.

The crime committed that night might have gone unsolved, had it not been for a common thread.

It's going to be great.

One Sunday afternoon, two boys were playing together on an abandoned highway.

As they ran through a field chasing a parachute, they discovered a horrible sight.

The nude, decomposed body of a young woman.

She was lying face down with her hands bound behind her back.

A cord was wrapped three times around her neck like a leash.

Under her body lay a white silk scarf tied in a knot.

This killer was trying to make a statement.

He could have killed this woman with a lot less trauma.

But the, the deepness of this bruise, the prominence of this bruise, indicated that he applied

a lot more force than it was necessary to end this woman's life.

He was violent.

The victim was identified as 20-year-old Lana Long, an exotic dancer who worked at the Sly Fox Lounge in Tampa.

Detectives found some faint tire tracks near the body, but little else.

Homicide investigators interviewed Lana Long's boyfriend, John Corcoran.

Cochran hadn't reported Long missing, even though they lived together,

and he hadn't seen her for three days.

He had an explanation of why he didn't report her missing.

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