Before we begin, I want to let you know that one of the locations mentioned in this episode is

Corona Del Sol High School. Yep. I get to say Corona

repeatedly during the coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak. It is just a weird coincidence,

but I thought you would want to know what to expect before you settle in for the story.

This week's episode, it's about an old murder. A murder you likely haven't heard of.

The death of a young woman from Michigan. She was born and raised in the Detroit suburbs,

but she died in Arizona. And her case has long been on my list of ones to cover.

You're hearing it now for a couple of reasons. One, I got a really nice thick file back from

the good people at Tempe police and response to the Freedom of Information Act request I sent them.

And two, as I read through this file, I realized that our victim, 23-year-old Gretchen White,

she likely crossed paths with the subject of our last episode, Laurie Dan. Because from 1978 to 1980,

both of these women were students at Arizona State University. Laurie Dan was known as Laurie

Wasserman back then, but Wasserman and White are the same age. The coincidence was too much for me to

handle. So I pushed the murder of 23-year-old Gretchen White to the top of the pile and here we are.

So come with me to the warmth and light of the Arizona desert when a couple of maintenance men at

the local high school make a grim discovery at the start of their work day. A discovery that will

lead to heartbreak, anguish, and a decades-long search for a killer.

Tempe, Arizona was founded, well, it was founded by White settlers in 1871, and it was named for the

veil of Tempe near Mount Olympus in Greece. Tempe sets on the edge of Phoenix and is best known as

the home of Arizona State University. The university is nearly as old as the town itself. Arizona

started in 1885 as the territorial normal school, and it went through several name changes before

becoming Arizona State University in 1958. Gretchen, whose case we are discussing today,

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