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Unsolved Mysteries

A Life Cut Short

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

When police discover 18-year-old Brittany Phillips brutally murdered in her apartment on September 30, 2004, they hope DNA samples collected from the scene will lead them to the man who sexually assaulted and strangled the Tulsa Community College student. Nearly 18 years and hundreds of suspects later, Brittany’s mother has taken to the road in search of the killer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I called and I did that typical mom message of,

0:08.2

I know you're okay, but really this really begins to worry me

0:15.0

when you don't call back so just take it that I'm a mom

0:19.0

and I just need you to call me.

0:22.0

So I went from being worried Thursday night

0:26.0

to being totally devastated about five hours later.

0:37.0

It's Monday, September 27th, 2004 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

0:42.0

When 18-year-old Brittany Phillips returns home from an urgent care visit

0:46.0

where she's just been treated for a sinus infection.

0:49.0

Her mother, Maggie Zingman, who lives about an hour away,

0:52.0

assumes her daughter will finally get a good night's sleep

0:55.0

and feel better in the morning.

0:57.0

But when Maggie calls the next day, there's no answer

1:00.0

and no returned call.

1:02.0

Friends can't get a hold of her either.

1:04.0

Finally, on September 29th, police enter Brittany's apartment

1:08.0

and discover a gruesome scene.

1:11.0

Brittany's lifeless body is sprawled on the floor in the bedroom.

1:14.0

She's been dead for days.

1:17.0

I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries, a life cut short.

1:24.0

And this is Unsolved Mysteries, a life cut short.

1:44.0

It's a stormy Thursday night in Chandler, Oklahoma.

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