On the morning following a Fat Tuesday celebration in Austin, a young woman’s body was found on fire with the flames shooting several feet up into the air. 21-year-old Christy Lynn Espinosa was found to have been killed before she was burned. A married couple quickly became accused of murdering and setting fire to the body and both told investigators a variety of stories about her death, and each blamed the other. Who was to blame and what really happened in this grisly Mardi Gras murder?
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Mommy Dearest: Theresa Knorr’s Horrific Acts
In 1984 and 1985 two bodies were found in Placer County California that proceeded to become cold cases for the next few years. Finally, after an episode of America’s Most Wanted, detectives were finally able to give names to the two Jane Does and bring their mother to justice.