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Cara Knott drove home the week after Christmas. She never made it

SOLVEDMercy Road offramp, Interstate 15, San Diego County, California0:33

She was twenty, driving home on the freeway the week after Christmas in 1986, and she never made it. Her car was found on a dead-end road at a freeway offramp. A patrol officer who'd been stopping women alone at that same offramp gave a TV interview with a scratched face, and a gold fiber on her dress matched his uniform patch. Highway Patrol officer Craig Peyer was convicted of her murder. Send this to someone from San Diego. Narrated with an AI voice. Every fact is sourced on Casepin.

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She was driving home on the freeway, the week after Christmas. She was twenty. She never made it. Cara Knott. December 1986. Her car was found on a dead-end road at a freeway offramp. Days later, a patrol officer gave a TV interview. His face was scratched. He'd been stopping women alone at that same offramp. A gold fiber on her dress matched his uniform patch. Highway Patrol officer Craig Peyer was convicted of her murder. How many warnings were ignored? Every source is on casepin dot org.

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