Before dawn in March of 1997, a police captain was patrolling the outskirts of a small town in North Carolina when up ahead he saw there was this Jeep parked on the shoulder of the highway with its headlights on.

Now, the vehicle was suspicious enough that the captain pulled over and he walked up to the Jeep.

And as he got closer to it, he heard the engine running, and he saw the driver's side

window was down, but when he walked around to that side of the car, he saw nobody was inside.

However, as he was standing there, a cell phone on the passenger seat began to ring.

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every picture. Okay, let's get into today's story. In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 29, 1997, a blonde 26-year-old waitress named Kim Medlin carried a tray of filet mignon through a topless bar in Charlotte, North Carolina, all wearing a leotard and tights.

She made her way through the cigar smoke-filled room, past the stage where all the half-naked women were busy pole dancing.

Kim worked here at the men's club three or four nights a week. And for the most part, she liked the job.

It paid well and by working the night shift, it left her day as free so she could focus on her

two real passions, which were taking care of her horses and decorating her brand new house.

So Kim and her husband Bridger had recently bought a seven-acre plot of land outside the nearby

town of Monroe, where Bridger had actually grown up. Theyacre plot of land outside the nearby town of Monroe, where

Bridger had actually grown up. They'd spent the past year building their dream home, including a

barn for their three horses, and now that the construction was done, they had finally started moving in

and decorating. Now, as Kim delivered the filet mignon's to a table of middle-aged businessman,

she glanced over at the clock on the wall.

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