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18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found brutally murdered in her family’s Buick Electra in the new Westdale Mall parking lot in December of 1979. When good old fashioned police work wasn’t enough to solve the case, it eventually went cold. Until 39 years later - when forensic sciences had sufficiently evolved and a newly assigned investigator brought a fresh perspective, and an innovative idea to the table. 

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• Cedar Rapids, Iowa Census 1980
• Facebook group about Cedar Rapids sparks memories
• Dennis Lee McKee Court Records
• Michelle Martinko’s murder ‘haunted’ the Cedar Rapids community for 40 years
• 40 years later: What we know about Michelle Martinko and the arrest that re-opened the cold case
• Michelle Martinko’s sister: Decades of heartache before hope
• Experts lay groundwork for genetic genealogy arguments as trial continues for man accused of killing Michelle Martinko
• DNA evidence leads police to charge Iowa man with murder in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko
• Former investigators detail crime scene, evidence protocol in Burns’ murder trial 
• Meet the man who was on a mission to solve the Michelle Martinko murder
• Iowa Cold Cases Index
• 1992 Gazette Interview with Janet Martinko
• Vancouver woman’s DNA leads to arrest in 1979 Iowa killing
• ‘Complete shock’: Family of the man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Michelle Martinko speaks out
• Jerry Burns’ internet search history to be kept out of Martinko murder trial
• Sentencing Delayed Second Time for Burns
• Genetic Genealogy Company GEDmatch Acquired by Company With Ties to FBI & Law Enforcement
• Ancestry.com Law Enforcement Privacy Practices
• Forces Generated In Stabbing Attacks
• RAW: Exclusive Interview with Michelle Martinko’s Sister
• Jerry Burns Trial Day 1 - Jane Hansen, Jeff White, Dr. Martin Miller & Tracy Price
• Jerry Burns Trial Day 2 - Michael Wyrick & James Kinkead
• CRPD Seeks Anonymous Tipster in Cold Case
• Jerry Burns Trial Day 3 - Fmr Ofc Douglas Larison & Linda Sawer
• Cold Case: Michelle Martinko of Cedar Rapids, IA
• Police Receive Leads in Martinko Murder
• Introduction to Parabon Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Services
• Jerry Burns Trial Day 4 - Matthew Denlinger, Lt David Dostal, Kraig Kruger & Nichole Coffman
• KCRG-TV-9 Arrest in Michelle Martinko Case
• Jerry Burns Trial - Prosecution Opening Statement
• Jerry Burns Trial Day 5 - Michael Allison - Defendant’s Fellow Inmate
• Jerry Burns Trial - Verdict 
• Michelle Martinko’s Family Speaks to Law & Crime About Verdict
• Jerry Burns Trial Continues
• Slain Woman’s Memory Kept Alive 40 Years Later (The Des Moines Register - Print Edition, 2/24/2020)

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Cherry Tree Blossom” by Ecobel
• Closing Track: “Subpoena” by Alan Carlson-Green

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