About this episode

The episode discusses the brutal murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith in 1995 and the eventual revelation of her killer decades later.

When 14-year-old Nacole Smith is brutally murdered in 1995 on a wooded path in Atlanta, the police and community rally around her mother as she seeks justice. Decades and a second brutal assault later investigators finally reveal Nacole's killer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• murder
• justice
• DNA evidence
• cold case
• community support

Keywords

• Nacole Smith
• murder
• DNA
• cold case
• Atlanta
• justice
• 1995

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Atlanta

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