Scott Weinberger

But the police in 1979 did everything in their power to try to locate Vicky, from issuing an APB on her and the car to recreating a timeline of her movements to in hopes of finding any clues to her whereabouts.

But the police in 1979 did everything in their power to try to locate Vicky, from issuing an APB on her and the car to recreating a timeline of her movements to in hopes of finding any clues to her whereabouts.

Deputies from Charles County, Maryland, responded to the scene where they discovered the partially clothed body of a young woman.

Deputies from Charles County, Maryland, responded to the scene where they discovered the partially clothed body of a young woman.

The description of the woman matched the missing person's case file in neighboring Prince George's County.

The description of the woman matched the missing person's case file in neighboring Prince George's County.

Tragically, Vicki's missing persons case was now a homicide investigation. And so detectives switched gears and got to work securing the crime scene and scouring the area where the body was found for any potential clues.

Tragically, Vicki's missing persons case was now a homicide investigation. And so detectives switched gears and got to work securing the crime scene and scouring the area where the body was found for any potential clues.

Investigators canvassed the remote area where the body was found, but turned up no witnesses to the crime, nor did they have any clues as to how she even got there since James's car was nowhere to be found.

Investigators canvassed the remote area where the body was found, but turned up no witnesses to the crime, nor did they have any clues as to how she even got there since James's car was nowhere to be found.

Absolutely. I mean, in 1979, getting fingerprints at the scene would have been really, really helpful because that was what the technology brought to crime solving was fingerprints, is being able to not only get them off of a shell casing or getting them off of a vehicle, but they could yield a potential suspect. That wasn't going to happen here. They had nothing to go by. So you're right.

Absolutely. I mean, in 1979, getting fingerprints at the scene would have been really, really helpful because that was what the technology brought to crime solving was fingerprints, is being able to not only get them off of a shell casing or getting them off of a vehicle, but they could yield a potential suspect. That wasn't going to happen here. They had nothing to go by. So you're right.

Old-fashioned, knocking on doors, you know, getting out of the office, talking to people, trying to get information about who your victim was and maybe who may have wanted her dead.

Old-fashioned, knocking on doors, you know, getting out of the office, talking to people, trying to get information about who your victim was and maybe who may have wanted her dead.

As weeks passed into months, Vicki's murder remained unsolved. The little evidence investigators did have, the bullet, Vicki's clothes, and some hair and nail samples, were all stored and preserved in an evidence locker with the hopes that one day they would help identify a killer.

As weeks passed into months, Vicki's murder remained unsolved. The little evidence investigators did have, the bullet, Vicki's clothes, and some hair and nail samples, were all stored and preserved in an evidence locker with the hopes that one day they would help identify a killer.

But Vicki's family also made it their mission to never let her case be forgotten.

But Vicki's family also made it their mission to never let her case be forgotten.

year after year her siblings contacted police in maryland and dc to ask about any new developments in the investigation or new forensic technology that could provide a break in the case and that perseverance would eventually pay off never forget i was on a search warrant in another county and she texted omg belk with exclamation points and i called her and she's like we got a name

year after year her siblings contacted police in maryland and dc to ask about any new developments in the investigation or new forensic technology that could provide a break in the case and that perseverance would eventually pay off never forget i was on a search warrant in another county and she texted omg belk with exclamation points and i called her and she's like we got a name