Episode 21 Cheryl Lynn Tunnell-Springfield

Early on Christmas morning, 1980, a 21 year-old Fort Worth, TX mother, Cheryl Lynn Tunnell-Springfield, was savagely beaten and strangled. Her nude body was discarded under the Christmas tree while her young son slept in a bedroom only feet away. After 38 years, the case remains unsolved, although police and Cheryl's sister Jan believe that they know who the killer is. Jan discusses her efforts to get justice for her sister, and the promise she made while sitting alongside Cheryl's casket 38 years ago.
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