Our card this week is Teresa Ducevic, the Queen of Diamonds from Florida. For 50 years,

Teresa Ducevic's case was intrinsically tied to another murder, that of Deborah Espy. Both women

were 19 years old when they were killed eight months apart back in 1973. Both women were 19 years old when they were killed eight months apart back in 1973.

Both women were found nude from the waist down.

Their shirts pulled up, hands over their head with head wounds as their cause of death.

Deborah's was blunt force trauma and Teresa's a gunshot wound.

And the wooded areas where each young woman were found were just three

miles apart, both near a town called, ironically enough, Niceville, Florida. But just last year,

in 2025, Deborah Espy's case was solved. We've covered it in a past episode. Now, her killer turned out to be an acquaintance

of hers, who we originally identified by the pseudonym Donald. But now we can reveal his real

name, Dennis Murphy. He's the man who police had suspected from the beginning. But in learning

that Dennis killed Deborah, they were able to conclude

that he did not kill Teresa. And they did that through DNA testing that directly compared

Dennis' DNA to a sample found on Teresa's clothing. Meaning, all the connections that seemed

so linked were just coincidence.

So now, detectives are looking at Teresa's case with new eyes.

And with the momentum of one 1973 cold case solved under their belt,

they're hoping that you might help them get another.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. On the afternoon of November 21, 1973, deputies from the Okalusa County Sheriff's Office arrived at a wooded area near the Rocky Bayou County Country Club.

That's where they found the remains of Teresa Ducevich.

The young woman had been shot in the head and was on her back with her arms stretched above her.

Teresa's remains were in what looked to be a shallow grave, about 75 feet off the road.

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