17-year-old Esther Gonzalez is walking from her parents house to her sister's house, and she never arrives. The next day her body is found in a snowpack on the side of the road. She has been raped and bludgeoned to death. The man who finds the body, Randy Williamson, talks to police and is described as argumentative. He ends up taking a polygraph and passes. With the only person of interest eliminated, the case goes cold. Joseph Scott Morgan explains what happens to a body over time and how the evidence gathered by detectives in 1979, made it possible to solve a cold case 44-years later. To learn about the incredible work being done by Othram labs take a look at www.othram.com. Othram: A revolution in Cold Case Resolution.

Transcript Highlight 00:01.65 Introduction 02:58.10 Geography of California 05:00.02 Snow and Surf on the same day 09:56.34 No surveillance cameras, easy dumping ground 15:01.25 Body of Esther found in snowbank 20:00.88 Why was "the finder" arguing with police? 25:18.98 Esther Gonzalez was raped and bludgeoned to death 30:00.11 The "finder" passes a polygraph test 35:44.63 Hairs that co-mingle 40:09.99 Detectives never gave up, kept investigating 44:59.73 Othram got a match to Randy Williamson. He was the killer. He died in 2014.

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