MURDERED: Tracy Kirkpatrick
When 17-year-old Tracy Kirkpatrick is found murdered in March 1989, investigators struggle to find any evidence pointing to who killed her. Despite numerous efforts to dig up leads and strong tips through the investigation, the case has remained a mystery for nearly 40 years.
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Tracy’s father, Billy Kirkpatrick (left), and Tracy’s sister, Deonda Kirkpatrick (right), holding a beloved photo of Tracy.
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Episode Source Material
- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD): Frederick girl slain at store, by Jane A. Smith and David Simon.
- The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD): Murder still stymies police.
- The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD): Reward offered in slaying.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Cops appeal to Tracey’s killer.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Police get calls, but not from ‘Don’, by Susan C. Nicol.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Officer waits for a call, by Nancy Luse.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Barnes not the ‘Don’ in question, by Susan C. Nicol.
- The Washington Post: Call to confession line recharges probe of MD. slaying, by Paul Duggan.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): TV to air Kirkpatrick case, by Susan C. Nichol.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): City police contacted after show, by Staff Reports.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Police still awaiting Kirkpatrick tests, by Susan C. Nicol.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Evidence report due from crime lab, by Susan C. Nicol.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Kirkpatrick test no help, by Susan C. Nicol.
- Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack: Season 3, Episode 17.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Police press Kirkpatrick case again, by Teresa Franklin.
- The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD): Two women offer information on Kirkpatrick murder, by Teresa Franklin.
- The Star-Democrat (Easton, MD): Parents try to cope with daughter’s murder, by Associated Press.
- The News (Frederick, Maryland): Grand jury ends probe, by George Dorsey.
- The News (Frederick, MD): Remembering Tracey Kirkpatrick, by Kate Leckie.
- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD): After 20 years, girl’s murder still unsolved, by Frank D. Roylance.
- WTOP (Washington, D.C.): Frederick police turn to crime-solving society for cold murder case, by WTOP Staff.
- The Frederick News Post (Frederick, MD): Who killed Tracey Kirkpatrick?, by Courtney Mabeus.
- WDVM (Washington, D.C.): Police to employ new strategy in Tracey Kirkpatrick cold case, by Jasmine Pelaez.
- Frederick Magazine (Frederick, MD): WHO KILLED TRACEY?, by Gina Gallucci-White.
- WFMD (Frederick, MD): The Murder Of Tracey Kirkpatrick Remains Unsolved 33 Years Later.
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