Beth Karras

Before her lies the brutalized and partially burned body of a young black woman.

The singed grass around her is a strange yellow color.

Aside from the damage done by fire, the body is starting to decompose.

Only later would they be able to identify the young woman as Jessica Curran.

Her murder would shake this quiet town to its core and make headlines across the nation.

Jessica was last seen by her parents, Joe and Jean Curran, on the afternoon of Saturday, July 29th.

They were taking care of her seven-month-old baby, Zion, for the evening.

They didn't have to wait long to discover the awful truth.

Less than 48 hours later, the Mayfield Police Department, the local cops, were scrambling, trying to make sense of a chaotic crime scene.

The police footage shows the half-clothed, partially burned body of Jessica Curran.

Her dress is torn, underwear discarded.

The sandal lying nearby suggests she might have been attempting to flee her attacker.

Plenty of theories about what happened and who did this would emerge.

But for the police, it was too soon to say.

In the archive footage of the crime scene, you can clearly see the yellow police tape blocking off the area.

Tape is supposed to be a barrier between the crime scene and onlookers to protect the evidence from contamination.

But it doesn't stop one curious Mayfield resident from getting closer than she should.

Susan Galbraith.

She's 40, white, slightly overlooked within the community, a little overweight with bleached blonde hair and a rough and ready charm, brazen even.

She's not a journalist or a cop.