The Tourniquet

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A ligature tied around the neck, and tightened with a tourniquet. Check out our great sponsors! 1-800-Contacts: Order online at 1800contacts.com - download their free app - or call 1-800 Contacts (1-800-266-8228) Madison Reed: Find your perfect shade at Madison-Reed.com to get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING on your first Color Kit with code CCF Purple: Get 10% off any order of $200 or more at Purple.com/coldcase10 and use promo code coldcase10. Terms apply. Total Wireless: Get an unlimited talk, text and data plan for $25 per month. 1 gig at high speed, then 2G. Terms and conditions at TotalWireless.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One.
0:08.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One.
0:16.0	This episode of Cold Case Files the Podcast contains descriptions of the podcast that you can find in the description.
0:25.0	This episode of Cold Case Files the Podcast contains descriptions of sexual assault and murder of children.
0:32.0	Listen to discretion is advised.
0:38.0	On April 16, 1992, Detective Ron Horowitz, a crime scene investigator, was working his shift in the homicide office in Houston, Texas.
0:48.0	A call came in that the body of a woman had been discovered in the drive-through lane of a local dairy queen.
0:54.0	It wasn't long after he arrived that he realized that the woman had been sexually assaulted and choked.
1:01.0	One third of all murder cases in America remain open.
1:05.0	Each one is called a Cold Case and only 1% are ever solved.
1:10.0	This is one of those rare cases.
1:13.0	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files the Podcast.
1:25.0	Her panties would pull down to her knees and she had this little rope tied around her neck with a piece of, I believe, dollow or wood.
1:39.0	Detective Horowitz processed the scene. He first filmed the area and then collected and analyzed the physical evidence.
1:46.0	He collected semen from her mouth and scraped under her fingernails, hoping for some biological clue.
1:51.0	They also sought to identify the victim, to give her a name and to notify her family and friends of her tragic death.
1:57.0	About an hour later, a news story breaks about a murder at dairy queen.
2:01.0	They show footage of the scene, including the body that had been covered by a sheet.
2:05.0	Barely peeking out from underneath the shroud was a pair of white and gold shoes.
2:10.0	Rosa Agreta was watching the news.
2:12.0	I looked at the TV and the only thing I could see was her shoes.
2:19.0	The shoes were identical to the ones owned by her friend Maria Del Carmen Estrada.
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