Juju Chang

And it was cut short by a serial predator who was preying on young college students.

Coeds, basically.

And so it unravels in this sleepy little cow town in Fresno, as they call it.

And honestly, it wasn't.

but for the bravery of a different co-ed girl who was able to have the presence of mind to get authorities to the crime scene that they got the DNA evidence that took 20 years to solve the puzzle.

And of course, as a mother of young adults, you look at that and you're like, oh, all of that promise, lost.

All of that life that was about to unfold, lost.

She had a golden personality.

I talked to some of her friends who talked about her.

cruising down the street and listening to pop songs.

And it really brings it all back.

She was also really one of those, you know, life of the party type young women.

If you look at old videos of her, you see her and her handsome military boyfriend.

And the two of them were literally, you know, enjoying this part of their lives.

And she was strong and capable and literally just starting out.

But also a tantalizing clue for investigators was she was looking for a roommate.

That's right.

Yeah, so don't forget, her father was the one who found her body.

And as one investigator told me, you can never unsee that.

And in the early years when there was a desperation to find her killer and da-da-da, he was very much front and center in the media, but he has since receded.