Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of domestic abuse,

murder, and sexual assault that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Krista Hoyt was never late.

Her coworkers at the Alachua County Sheriff's Office knew that. So when

she didn't show up for work on August 27th 1990, they immediately alerted authorities.

A few officers drove over to Krista's Gainesville apartment,

hoping she'd simply forgotten to call in sick.

But when their knocks on the front door went unanswered,

they feared the worst.

With no sign of anyone home, they forced their way in.

Inside, the apartment was eerily still.

The officers moved through the room slowly at first, calling out to Krista.

After noticing the back door had been pride open, authorities rushed to the bedroom. There they were greeted by a horrific sight.

Krista sat on the edge of her bed,

her upper body slumped over her spayed legs.

She'd been murdered, brutally. lumped over her spayed legs.

She'd been murdered, brutally.

Her back was covered in stab wounds.

Her stomach was slashed open, and her breasts had been mutilated. Most disturbing of all, her head had been mutilated.

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