Episode 46: SERIAL KILLER: Pamela Maurer - Woodbridge, IL

A teenage girl on a short errand, a body tossed along a suburban road, and a mystery that went unsolved for four decades. How did DNA finally unmask Pamela Maurer’s killer – and are there more victims still waiting to be heard?

Episode Summary

Pamela Maurer, a 16‑year‑old junior at Downers Grove South High School in Woodridge, Illinois, left a friend’s house around 9:30 p.m. on January 12, 1976, to get a soda from McDonald’s. When she didn’t return, her parents notified the police. Road workers found her body the next morning near College Road and Maple Avenue. An autopsy showed she had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and investigators suspected a rubber hose found near her was the ligature.

Investigato ...