I could use some crowd-sourced assistance locating an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. It likely aired in the late 90s (1998-2000) and involved a female being placed in a trunk in the Dallas area and she was able to escape. A sketch of the suspect was shown that included a hat and sunglasses.
Can you help find this episode? Ready…go!
Dallas Trunk Murder from Unsolved Mysteries. This episode aired in 1999 and featured the story of a woman named who was abducted, put in a trunk, and left to die in a parking lot. She miraculously survived and was able to escape. The suspect was never caught, and a sketch of the man with a hat and sunglasses was shown on the program.
Do you know what season/episode this would be?
Researching now to see what I can find too
Hi Aaron,
My name is Ashley and I’m new here. I decided to reach out to the Unsolved Mysteries team regarding your query. This was their response:
Thank you for reaching out to Unsolved Mysteries. We have searched our database but, unfortunately, none of the cases we profiled match all of those details. The closest we could find was a Special Bulletin about a woman who had been shot and her body was found in the trunk in Amarillo in 1998.
I also spent a good hour searching online for any references to an attempted kidnapping that matched the details provided. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything from the mid to late 1990s.
Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Welcome! I’m appreciative of you taking the time and steps to help us get some answers on this inquiry.
I did research the case in Amarillo in 1998 and it is not going to match. It’s likely the details of the episode being recalled are going to have some differences than what was remembered.
The one piece that was believed to be from the episode is the offender against the girl was still at large and had a composite sketch of the suspect. I’m going to keep my ears open for more on this…
I’m happy to help. I’m wondering - it is possible this case was featured on another show? Like America’s Most Wanted? I’m going to keep digging around; I’m doing a newspaper archives search now. I’ll let you know what, if anything, I find.
This is absolutely a possibility. Especially given the at large suspect, I bet America’s Most Wanted would be a good candidate for a match.
I wish I could share more info but it’s for a specific reason!
Could it be the 2002 Rachel Cooke case? Aired April 1st In the sketch he has a hat no glasses.
