About this episode

The episode covers the cold case murder of college student Helene Pruszynski and the innovative methods used to solve it nearly forty years later.

When 21-year-old college student Helene Pruszynski is found murdered, the case remains cold for nearly forty years until a new detective uses an innovative method to catch Helene’s killer. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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