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The following episode contains disturbing accounts of physical and sexual violence. Listener

discretion is advised. The way I would describe my mother is very beautiful, very loving,

everything the mother is supposed to be.

Janora and I had this bond.

She was very protective of me, which is funny because she was the younger sister. I'd just been asked if I'd killed my mother.

I was frantic and I was screaming.

Genora was stabbed almost 30 times.

But the crime scene left a lot of questions.

No evidence, no leads.

So many twists and turns.

Genora was very good at covering things up.

You drive yourself crazy thinking up all these things that could have happened.

It never leaves your mind.

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

Only about 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

It's May 12, 1987 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Janora was a sweetheart.

She was funny and witty, just like our dad.

She was very athletic.

She used to speed skate and played softball.

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