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Minutes Late, Two Hours Too Late

On February 24, 1976, Michelle Mitchell's Volkswagen Beetle broke down near the University of Nevada, Reno, where the 19-year-old was studying nursing. She called her mother for a ride. Her mother arrived minutes later. Michelle was gone. About two hours afterward, her body was found in a garage across the street from the university. Her hands had been tied behind her back. Her throat had been slit.
What police took from that garage was thin — and one piece of it would sit in storage for decades.
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