Dead by Dawn

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On April 15, 2004, Ronli Ratliff’s body is discovered in a burning house in Mooresville, IL. Investigators quickly realize that the 24-year-old woman was brutally murdered before the fire was set. Eighteen years later Ronli’s killer remains at large, and the community is left to wonder if her killer was a cold-blooded stranger or one of their own. 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	The fire was out, of course, already, and the MTs were there.
0:05.6	The fire department was still there.
0:08.6	The next thing you know, you see all kinds of police in the corner, and, you know, after
0:14.2	a while, you know something's wrong.
0:16.6	Ronleys daddy kept saying, oh, is she left a candle burning or whatever.
0:20.8	I said, no, Ronleys, that's not what it is.
0:24.0	Ronleys was wrong.
0:32.2	On the evening of April 14, 2004, 24-year-old Ronleys Ratliff drives from her small apartment
0:38.9	in Moorsville, Indiana to a vacant house on Rural Day Huff Road, 10-minute southeast of town.
0:45.3	The house belongs to Ronleys mom and stepdad, and Ronleys been staying there alone while
0:49.8	her landlord makes some repairs.
0:51.8	She plans to move back into her apartment the next day and is looking forward to sleeping
0:55.8	in her own bed again.
0:57.5	But tragically, she never gets the chance.
1:00.7	In the early morning hours, an unknown assailant pays a visit to the house, and Ronleys
1:06.0	doesn't live to see the light of day.
1:17.6	I'm Steve French, and this is Unsolved Mysteries, dead by dawn.
1:37.6	The fire was reported at about 6.30 a.m. by a neighbor who had came out to leave for work.
1:43.8	He noticed that there was smoke coming from the residence he alerted his wife to call 911.
1:49.3	He then went to the residence and seen that there was a car in the driveway.
1:54.4	He attempted to gain entry into the residence and awaken anyone that might be in there.
2:01.5	He was unable to do so.
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