Crime & Safetyscore 492·6 metrosupdated 3h ago

4 men arrested after podcast helps solve decades-old murder of teen girl

Roxanne Sharp was 16 when she was raped and murdered in the woods in Louisiana. Forty-four years after her death, four men were arrested this week, thanks to a podcast.

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