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For most of us, the idea of falling victim to a serious crime doesn't even cross our minds. But I've seen over and over life is fragile. What's worse is

how callous people can be, leaving loved ones to pick up the pieces.

There's no words to describe how your world stops when you find out something like that.

There's just no words.

As families struggle to grieve, what often keeps them going is hope the killer will be caught and held accountable.

I'm Nancy Hicks, a senior crime reporter for Global News. Today, on Crime Beat, I share the devastating impact on a family when a case goes cold.

This is the long road to justice. If you'll pass through the prairies. After driving for about 30 minutes, you'll hit the small

farming community of Nanton. There are three iconic grain elevators that tower over the wide open spaces and cropland, a site that's becoming more and more rare as many have been torn down.

The town is a bustling tourist attraction known for its boutique shops on Main Street

and it's become a hub for treasure hunters wanting antiques, art, and collectibles.

If you head west from Nanton, you'll get a full view of three of the most amazing landscapes that make up southern Alberta, the breathtaking rocky mountains, the prairies,

and the rolling foothills that connect them.

This countryside is scattered with grain farms and ranches.

Don Lowe runs a large cattle operation in the area.

On a Sunday afternoon in February of 2002 he took advantage of the

unseasonably mild weather to drive about a hundred cattle south down a rural gravel

road. My two sons and I were just trailing some cattle along the road

on saddle horses, horseback.

We're just following them because they generally know where they're going and they're stretched out for 150 yards.

In other words, they're basically single file, two, three at a time.

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