Introducing the new podcast America’s Crime Lab. Each week, we meet weary detectives and family members as we run through an unsolved case that wrecked a community and seemingly hit a dead end… until, in a last-ditch effort, the evidence is mailed to Othram.

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Carla Walker’s brazen abduction after her high school Valentine’s dance shook Fort Worth, TX. Suspicion swirls around her boyfriend, while others are convinced of his innocence. Who could have raped and murdered the cheerleader? Everyone thinks they know.

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After 46 years, detectives reopen Carla Walker’s murder, and an investigator who helped find the Golden State Killer wants in on the case. But will DNA testing of the cheerleaders' clothes help solve the case or kill it?

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For the first time in decades, detectives have a solid lead on who killed Carla Walker. Forensic DNA testing of her powder blue dress is pointing to a surprising suspect. But authorities need one more DNA sample to close the case.

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For nearly 50 years, Carla Walker’s family hunted for the person who raped and murdered the high school cheerleader. When police finally make an arrest, everyone is left to wonder, how did the killer hide in plain sight?

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Emergency crews responding to a boat fire discover the badly burned remains of a person onboard. With little evidence and no identification, the remains are buried in an unmarked grave. Years later, DNA gives cold case detectives hope to identify who he was and to track down his family.

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When nine-year-old Candy Rogers went missing, the entire city of Spokane went looking for her. A search party tragedy added to the community's grief when Candy’s battered body was discovered. Now, one final piece of evidence is all that’s left to reopen the case.

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