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On a cold winter night in 1999, a man drove down a dark street towards his house in a small Iowa town.

As he was driving, suddenly he saw something glowing in his headlights and he slammed on the brakes.

He got out of his car and there, in the lights, he saw a dog standing all by herself.

And she was making this soft squeaking sound like she was scared.

The man slowly approached her, doing his best to keep her calm as he got close.

He knew everybody who lived in this neighborhood and he had never seen this dog before.

He finally reached the dog and she seemed very scared and he petted her a couple of times and

still tried to keep her very calm. And as he looked her over, she didn't seem hurt, and she also

didn't have any tags on her. The man looked up and noticed he was actually right near his house.

And so he decided he would just lead the dog to his

house and figure out what to do with her after that. So he coaxed her and she followed him right

along and they went inside his home. And over the next few weeks, the man would do his best

to try to locate her owner, not realizing that this dog had not just wandered off. In reality,

this dog would become the key that police

desperately needed to solve a gruesome crime. But before we get into that story, if you're a fan

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