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Courtney loved family get-togethers, and she loved having friends.

They all loved Courtney because she had that bubbling personality.

And I got the phone call that changed my life forever.

She was nude from the waist down.

It was evident that the body was posed.

She let the person into the house.

It's somebody she knew.

You think of all these horrible things that go through your mind.

Why holler so far away from home,

especially with all the bayous and canals in the Tuff of Louisiana,

when you could throw a body.

I said, I'm going to solve this case or I'm going to die trying.

We never stopped.

We never stopped looking.

We never stopped asking questions.

In all those years, we never stopped.

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

Only about 1% are ever solved.

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