The Slaying of Teresa Branch Part 2 of 2: Ripple Effects

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After the brutal rape and murder of 18-year-old Teresa Branch, her family was left with the fallout – something that became increasingly difficult to live with. Outside the family, too, there were individuals whose life Teresa’s killer affected. It didn’t help that the investigation was at a crawl, with no actual evidence to work with, at least during the pre-DNA era in modern law enforcement investigations. What the police did have was a witness, one who provided vital information. Still, the case went cold. But when DNA testing did enter the investigation, things heated back up.

If you have any information about the 1986 murder of Teresa Laune Branch, please contact the Arlington Police homicide unit at 817-459-5772 or if you wish to remain anonymous and possibly receive a reward up to $1,250 please call Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.

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Sources: The Dallas Morning News, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Tyler Courier-Times, The New York Times, The Abilene Reporter-News, and KXAS-TV/NBC news clip accessed at texashistory.unt.edu

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0:39.0	After the murder of Teresa Branch, the community was in shock, particularly those who lived in the 18-year-old's
0:46.8	immediate neighborhood in West Arlington.
0:50.5	Though the Texas City had seen its fair share of violence in the preceding couple years,
0:55.6	Theresa's hit home.
0:58.0	She was the All-American Girl Next Door, a victim in the strongest sense of the word, to explain the tragedy in simple, though perhaps
1:06.8	cliche terms, and like Theresa, her neighbors had never been scared to roam their own streets.
1:14.8	The Reverend Leon Sanders, who led the church where the teenager's body was found in the parking
1:20.2	lot, Harmony Baptist, said he'd lived in the area for 11 years and nothing remotely
1:26.3	like it had ever occurred.
1:29.0	Kids played in that parking lot all the time, he said. Everyone always felt comfortable and safe in the
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