Help Me Hayley: Cold Case Files · NonStop Local

Her Name is Ruth

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The victim's sister Deborah describes learning of her sister's murder as a sledgehammer blow after decades of not knowing.

This episode details the 39-year investigation into the murder of Ruth Bell Wehmeyer, a Jane Doe found dismembered in the Spokane River in 1984. Through forensic genetic genealogy, detectives finally identified her and spoke with her devastated sister, while continuing to seek justice for the unsolved crime.

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