Waiting for Answers (Kathy Halle, Pamela Maurer, Deborah Colliander, Charles Huber)
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My prayer was always like, hey, I want to be able to give this family closure. That was what was important to me on this case is saying that, okay, this is what happened to Kathy that night. And, you know, so they can have that peace.
To lose somebody in such a violent way and then just to live year after year not knowing what happened to her or who did it is a nightmare that no one wishes upon anybody.
I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
And this is Anatomy of Murder.
Some crimes raise more questions than answers. leaving families, friends, and entire communities trapped in the limbo of uncertainty.
The story of Kathy Holly was one shrouded in heartbreak and mystery. In 1979, at just 19 years old, she vanished without a trace. What followed was a void filled only by whispers of what could have happened. The clues were there, pieces of a puzzle scattered across the years. But the truth doesn't stay hidden. It finds a way to surface, even when buried deep.
Investigators work to uncover that truth, and in a case like this, to hopefully transform lingering questions into definitive answers. It's a role that requires determination and persistence, qualities that Detective Ryan Peete embodies.
I've always been someone who just wants to find answers. You know, I like researching things. I like digging into things. If somebody loses something, I want to be the guy to help them find it. I've just always had that in me. I don't know what it is, but I just love the idea of being the guy that puts the pieces together.
Ryan spent more than a decade at the North Aurora Police Department in North Aurora, Illinois. For the past three years, he's worked in their investigation division.
And Ryan actually has some crossover with our very own Scott Weinberger, but not in the way you might be thinking.
I've played drums my entire life, like from the sixth grade on. Still playing. I'm playing in church this coming weekend. I've always been a big music guy, so I wanted to take a shot at working in the music industry. I went to college at a university in Florida for music production and engineering. And I came out and was working in Chicago at some recording studios as an assistant engineer, engineer and producer on a couple of albums.
Yeah, he's a drummer, which is one of my passions. You know, Anastasia, you've actually come to see me play, which I really appreciated when you came out. For all of you who think that may be a crazy idea, I'll post a picture of myself from the old days. Please don't mind the crazy hair and the mustache. And then something more recent. But Ryan really understood the difference between playing drums professionally and also working for the police department. But the music industry isn't always easy on family life. As Ryan's priorities shifted, he knew it was time for a change. He was hired by the North Aurora Police Department right before his 35th birthday.
Years later, when he began working in investigations, there was one case he was already familiar with. That's because it had been an open case unsolved for over 40 years.
Coming into this case, I really didn't know what to expect. It was just one of those cases that just kind of hung over the department for the last 45 years.
That was the case of Kathy Holly, a young woman who had gone missing in March of 1979.
What happened to Kathy wasn't just another file in the drawer or on a shelf. It was the story that every officer knew, a reminder of justice still delayed but not forgotten.
So every sergeant that had worked back here before he promoted out or moved on to a different division had worked on this case.
The file looked its age. It had about 500 pages of handwritten and typed notes that barely survived the test of time.
As Ryan sifted through the fading pages, he began to piece together the details of Kathy's life.
She was a young woman from a close-knit family and one of four siblings. She shared an apartment and a car with one of her sisters. Kathy had recently graduated high school and worked at a record shop in the trendy Northgate Shopping Plaza of North Aurora.
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