Deborah Roberts

On a quiet Saturday morning, five women walked into a Lane Bryant store and never came home.

The man responsible for their deaths was heard and even described by the lone survivor.

But despite nearly being caught, he vanished into thin air.

In the years since, new technology, new investigators, and new questions have changed what's possible.

But the families are still waiting for answers.

The evidence is still there.

And this case isn't cold.

It's unfinished.

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Soybean was developed as a cash crop here at the University of Illinois.

So the ag roots are, no pun intended, very deep.

Her intent was to begin a PhD program here in the fall.

She was so new.

She had only been here for a few weeks, and so, you know, it just, she hadn't really had a chance to establish a lot of relationships.

When you saw a picture of him, would you be able to say that was him?

Because of the sunglasses, it would be tough.

The family does not come with a green means.

Oh, haggard, devastated.

It was horrible.

I mean, and all you could do is think, as a parent, my child is halfway around the world.