Cold

Summary It's a cold winter's night in December of 1987. 17 year old Barbara Blatnik is party hopping in her home town of Garfield Heights, Ohio. Shortly after midnight, despite the distance and the cold, she decides to walk to her boyfriend's house. Early the next morning, a custodian finds her naked body along a service road of the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, nearly a 30 minute drive away. She had been raped and strangled. For 32 years Barbara's case went unsolved. Then, in 2018 an investigative journalist and rocket scientist joined forces through the Porchlight Project, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing funding for new DNA testing through genetic genealogy to break cold cases. In only a matter of days they cracked the case wide open, bringing justice to Barbara and her family. Join Sword and Scale as we interview the detective who worked unceasingly for three decades as well as the investigative journalist and scientist behind the genetic genealogy that was instrumental in solving this cold case.

S1.E6 ∙ Cold

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

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Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Aug 31, 2024

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : official website

Language : English

Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Production companies : Incongruity Media

Summary It's a cold winter's night in December of 1987. 17 year old Barbara Blatnik is party hopping in her home town of Garfield Heights, Ohio. Shortly after midnight, despite the distance and the cold, she decides to walk to her boyfriend's house. Early the next morning, a custodian finds her naked body along a service road of the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, nearly a 30 minute drive away. She had been raped and strangled. For 32 years Barbara's case went unsolved. Then, in 2018 an investigative journalist and rocket scientist joined forces through the Porchlight Project, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing funding for new DNA testing through genetic genealogy to break cold cases. In only a matter of days they cracked the case wide open, bringing justice to Barbara and her family. Join Sword and Scale as we interview the detective who worked unceasingly for three decades as well as the investigative journalist and scientist behind the genetic genealogy that was instrumental in solving this cold case.

Details

Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Aug 31, 2024

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : official website

Language : English

Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Production companies : Incongruity Media

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