On July 20th, 1991, 17 year old Patricia Moreno sat on the fire escape at her foster family's apartment building.

She often used the fire escape for solace.

The apartment was crowded and hot and loud.

But in the early morning hours of that scorching summer night,

her place of respite became the scene of her

murder. For over three decades, the mystery of Patricia's death persisted. The occupants of

the apartment claimed to have heard gunshots but had no

knowledge of the shooter's identity. Years later, the death of a family member and

the surfacing of an eyewitness shed new light on the case, giving investigators hot leads and the long-standing cold case.

Now 32 years later, Patricia Moreno finally has closure with the conviction of her killer.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Patricia Moreno on Dark Down East.

In late July of 1991,

in late July of 1991, Malden, Massachusetts was experiencing a heat wave.

The city of 54,000 people lay just north of Boston and typically benefited from its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean with a cooling

breeze to cut the heavy and humid summer nights.

But on the night of July 20th, 1991, it hovered around 100 degrees with no reprieve.

New England, a region known far better for its fall foliage and winter ice storms

than its less common summer heat, was not prepared for this weather. The old

buildings of the area with their thick brick walls and narrow windows offered little

relief to residents. On that Saturday night the high temperatures showed no sign of relinquishing their hold on the city.

Some residents of the area flocked to the outdoors to escape the heaviness of the climate inside their apartments, sitting or even

sleeping outside through the late hours of the night and into the early hours of the

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