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The episode discusses the unsolved murder of Nancy DePriest in Austin's Pizza Hut in late 1988 and its impact on the city's crime reputation.

The city of Austin found itself in a predicament in late 1988. A horrific crime was committed against a young mother in broad daylight, in a well known establishment on a busy street. The unsolved crime would largely impact the city’s reputation for having the lowest crime rate of all of Texas’s great cities…so it was time to solve the murder of Nancy DePriest, let’s see how they did it. Instagram: Truecrimecouple Patreon.com/truecrimecouple | Join for ad free episodes and two bonus episodes a month! Sponsors: True Crime Society Podcast Sources: https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10386 https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1991/4881.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/649638052/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest https://www.newspapers.com/image/364054228/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest https://www.newspapers.com/image/363966719/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest https://www.facebook.com/groups/742034912983989/posts/2019627575224710/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hector-polanco-andre-causey-false-confessions/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/innocents/danziger.html…

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Host: True Crime Couple

Topics covered

• murder
• true crime
• unsolved crime
• Austin
• 1980s crime
• crime impact

Keywords

• Nancy DePriest
• Austin
• Pizza Hut murder
• true crime
• unsolved murder
• 1988
• crime rate

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Austin's Pizza Hut

Places: Austin

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