The Officer Who Solved A Cold Case in 12 Days - November 13 2024

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:13.0	One pair of eyes can completely change the course of an investigation.
0:19.2	A fresh look can lead to a long-awaited arrest. On November 13,
0:24.3	1989, a young girl was brutally killed in a case that went cold for decades. It may have stayed that
0:31.5	way had it not been for the officer who, taking a fresh look, finally managed to identify the killer. So if you like your coffee
0:39.7	hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:46.4	Amy Weidner was a young girl living in the south side of Indianapolis with her mother, Gloria,
0:51.8	older brother, JP, and two younger sisters, Tanya and Cassine.
0:56.8	Gloria, a divorcee, worked full time to support her family, and Amy, a well-rounded and responsible
1:03.1	girl, made things even easier. She was a good student, excelled in academics, was on the honor
1:09.9	role, and was very involved in clubs and
1:12.4	other activities. She was a girl who never really found herself in any trouble, which is why it was
1:18.2	so shocking when, at the age of just 13 or 14, she came to her mother to break the news. She was
1:24.7	five months pregnant. The father of her baby was a 17-year-old friend of her brothers
1:29.6	that she had been seeing in secret, Tony Abercrombie, and she hid her growing belly for the last
1:35.7	handful of months with a big baggy sweatshirt. Gloria would later tell the media sources that she was
1:41.4	completely overwhelmed by the news and wasn't sure what she was
1:45.1	going to do to help her daughter. However, with Amy's determination and the help of her mother
1:50.2	and her teachers, she began coming to school early every single day so she could get ahead in her
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