25 years later, Margaret Smith's murder is still in many ways a mystery

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Four green rubber totes are stacked along a back wall in the basement of the Cape Girardeau police station, each labeled with the identification number 128755 and the words "SMITH, MARGARET HOMICIDE."

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