When a young mother and her six-month-old son were found dead in their car one September night in 1996,

no one could fathom the senselessness of ending two young lives with still so much ahead of them.

Who would have the motive to kill a mother and her baby?

Despite the suspicion that continues to surround an individual connected to the little boy,

police in Stamford, Connecticut are still struggling to build a case against anyone almost 30 years later.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Rhonda and Quran Johnson

on Dark Down East. In the fall of 1996, 18 year old Rana Chantel Johnson was a recent graduate of West Hill High School

in Stamford, Connecticut.

She was popular in school with a lot of friends and a serious boyfriend.

Rhonda was also an incredibly dedicated and bright student.

She was committed to her studies, even when she became pregnant during her senior year. A member of the staff at West Hill High School

remarked that Rhonda at eight months pregnant had begged to attend a bus tour of

colleges along the East Coast with her classmates.

Despite her insistence and eagerness to join, the staff member told Carrie to Sorreiro of the

daily advocate that he couldn't let Rhonda come because she was just too close to her due date and he wasn't equipped to deliver a baby on the bus.

Rhonda stayed on top of all her classes all while managing the physical and emotional elements of pregnancy.

After her son Quran was born in March of 1996,

Rhonda returned to school with the same dedication she had before and graduated with her class.

She then enrolled at Norwalk Community Technical College where she took a full course load

during the day for her mass communications major and she also got a job working nights as a dietary

aid at the Stamford Hospital, where her aunt and mother also worked.

I can't imagine it was easy, being an 18-year-old single mother, going to class during the day, and

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