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Murder 101

Residents are struck with fear when the strangled body of 21-year-old Susan Schumake is found in Carbondale, Illinois. Lack of evidence stumps cops for more than two decades, but new technology leads detectives in a direction they never expected.


Season 2, Episode 7 originally aired on ID on 3/25/2012


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