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About 90 minutes later, the team found Kristen's body. She was not alive. They found her body about 300 yards into a cornfield along Route 139, which is a rural road about a quarter mile from the trailer where she'd last been seen. Ovid Fire Chief Robert Favreau said, I know that's what you go on searches to find, but this is an awful way to end it.

About 90 minutes later, the team found Kristen's body. She was not alive. They found her body about 300 yards into a cornfield along Route 139, which is a rural road about a quarter mile from the trailer where she'd last been seen. Ovid Fire Chief Robert Favreau said, I know that's what you go on searches to find, but this is an awful way to end it.

Usually when you go out on these things, you find out the person you're looking for is hundreds of miles away, but you never know till you find it.

Usually when you go out on these things, you find out the person you're looking for is hundreds of miles away, but you never know till you find it.

Yeah. When she was discovered, Kristen was fully nude. Her throat had been slashed and she had also been stabbed several times in the chest. Oh, my God. Yeah. The scene had the hallmarks of a sexual assault, but it would quickly be determined that she had not been raped. Oh, wow.

Yeah. When she was discovered, Kristen was fully nude. Her throat had been slashed and she had also been stabbed several times in the chest. Oh, my God. Yeah. The scene had the hallmarks of a sexual assault, but it would quickly be determined that she had not been raped. Oh, wow.

Major Richard Tonzi told reporters the apparent intentions may have been a sexual attack, but it may not have taken place, eventually ending instead with murder. A few days later, the medical examiner would label Kristen's death obviously a murder, a homicide. And there was evidence that she had, quote, put up a tremendous fight for her life.

Major Richard Tonzi told reporters the apparent intentions may have been a sexual attack, but it may not have taken place, eventually ending instead with murder. A few days later, the medical examiner would label Kristen's death obviously a murder, a homicide. And there was evidence that she had, quote, put up a tremendous fight for her life.

And it was also determined that at that time she had no drugs and no alcohol in her system. So she was fully sober. A cursory search of the scene didn't really turn up as much as far as evidence, and there was no sign of a murder weapon anywhere in the area.

And it was also determined that at that time she had no drugs and no alcohol in her system. So she was fully sober. A cursory search of the scene didn't really turn up as much as far as evidence, and there was no sign of a murder weapon anywhere in the area.

Investigators took soil samples, blood samples, and what little physical evidence they could find and sent it to a state lab in Binghampton for testing. In the meantime, the press and public became very concerned that there was now a killer amongst them.

Investigators took soil samples, blood samples, and what little physical evidence they could find and sent it to a state lab in Binghampton for testing. In the meantime, the press and public became very concerned that there was now a killer amongst them.

A few months earlier in May, convicted murderers Hugh Collum and Bernard Welch had escaped from a Chicago correctional facility and were believed to have fled to the Northeast. So that was very concerning for people. They were like, oh, shit, did these two have something to do with it?

A few months earlier in May, convicted murderers Hugh Collum and Bernard Welch had escaped from a Chicago correctional facility and were believed to have fled to the Northeast. So that was very concerning for people. They were like, oh, shit, did these two have something to do with it?

Welch was arrested in Philadelphia in early August, but at the time of Kristen's murder, Colombe was still on the loose. And Tonzi told reporters, we've got an idea that the murderer could have been in the area and we've got a murder. But he clearly stated that Colombe was not a suspect, which is interesting. That is interesting.

Welch was arrested in Philadelphia in early August, but at the time of Kristen's murder, Colombe was still on the loose. And Tonzi told reporters, we've got an idea that the murderer could have been in the area and we've got a murder. But he clearly stated that Colombe was not a suspect, which is interesting. That is interesting.

A few months later, they actually did arrest Colombe after he robbed a bank in Mississippi. So he was definitively ruled out as a suspect at that point. So after Kristen's body was removed from the field and all the evidence was gathered, Tonzi and the other state police investigators started interviewing witnesses and just conducting like door-to-door canvases, basically.

A few months later, they actually did arrest Colombe after he robbed a bank in Mississippi. So he was definitively ruled out as a suspect at that point. So after Kristen's body was removed from the field and all the evidence was gathered, Tonzi and the other state police investigators started interviewing witnesses and just conducting like door-to-door canvases, basically.

Everybody at the party was quickly ruled out as a suspect.

Everybody at the party was quickly ruled out as a suspect.