When a Kentucky woman disappears, police are ambivalent until her jawbone is mailed to a local news station.

A marriage of convenience, another woman's mysterious death, a possible serial killer, and corrupt medical examiners all complicate a roller coaster of an investigation in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Music of Last Seen Alive. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive. I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

And as always, I'm your very intrigued co-host, Scott.

Now, a quick note, the case we're covering today is incredibly interesting, tremendously unusual, and tragically still unsolved.

Despite this, it's one that has somehow

slipped through the cracks when it comes to recent media coverage. I wasn't able to find a

single piece of audio coverage, no news segments currently available, no documentaries, no

podcasts related to this case. So all of my research came from printed media. Because of that, I wasn't able

to determine how the victim pronounced her last name. It's one of those names that has several

common pronunciations. Therefore, I had to choose one, and if I got it wrong, I truly apologize.

With that being said, Laura Saseer was last seen alive on December 6, 1996. She was 25 years old at the time

and stationed at Fort Campbell, which is an army base located in southernmost Kentucky, astride the

Tennessee state line. Laura was a soldier, an army sergeant for whom the military had been a natural

fit. Growing up, she'd always been incredibly

strong and intensely athletic. Her parents had often described her as a tomboy. During her teen years,

she'd been a star softball, soccer, and basketball player, and even a champion arm wrestler.

That's a diverse set of skills. Yes, and to my surprise, being a champion arm wrestler is a real thing.

According to an article published in the Cincinnati Inquirer, when Laura was a high school junior, she competed in the Southern Ohio arm wrestling championships and one third place overall.

Impressive, to say the least.

Especially since she wasn't a large girl, she was only 5, 4, and about 120 pounds.

But she was remarkably strong for her size, strong enough to put almost all of her fellow

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