This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.

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This episode contains descriptions of violence.

Use your best judgment.

Mexico celebrates its Independence Day on September 16th,

a lot like Americans celebrate the 4th of July.

There are parades and parties and fireworks.

The city of San Juan, Texas, held an Independence Festival on September 16, 1992.

Eglena Diaz de Leon was 15, a high schooler.

She wanted to go with her friends to the celebration.

Her mother was hesitant, but she let Eglana go on her own. She trusted her daughter.

So, Iglana went to the festival with her friends,

but she never made it home.

She never made it home. Like moths to a flame, the people are drawn to the bright lights of a Texas carnival.

They are young, mostly, looking for a night out and a bit of fun.

None realize they are being watched by a killer,

and that one amongst them has already been marked for death.

A little past 2 a.m., and the carnival is closed for the night.

A solitary beat cop picks his way past the festival grounds and into the courtyard of a nearby church.

In a dark corner, behind a statue of St. Andrew, he sees a figure outlined in black. It is the body of a young woman.

Officer Maureen Watson and Detective Jimmy Limmer are called to the crime scene.

It was shocking, it was sad, and for me, a young patrol patrolman it was overwhelming.

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