Mary Kay Heese was 17-years-old when she was murdered and dumped in a ditch in March of 1969. Mary Kay Heese did not go down without a fight, she fought back, but died from multiple stab wounds. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about how the case went cold but the family kept working the case. Year after year. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what it took to solve a case that was cold for more than half a century, and how 55-years after her lifeless body was found in a ditch, an arrest is made in the murder of Mary Kay Heese. Transcript Highlights 00:00.35 Introduction - 55 year cold case 04:07.70 The Family keeps looking for answers 10:02.66 Parents have passed, but cousin fought for justice 15:01.01 Finding a hair and fiber evidence 20:07.30 Body found near home 25:05.68 Perp dumped body in ditch 30:03.39 Mary Kay Heese fought back 35:29.16 Two suspects, one commits suicide in 1977 40:06.78 A Suspect is found 44:08.09 Arrest is made, more to come

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