UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: CAROL RYAN

When a New York woman embarks upon a short walk in her own neighborhood, she’s abducted by an unfathomably cruel killer. Investigators pursue answers in a case that has haunted them for years in this episode of Last Seen Alive

Sources used to research this episode:

Carol Ryan’s Cold Case: Horrific Syracuse Murder Remains Unsolved 26 Years Later (Katrina Tulloch / syracuse.com)

Police Shine Light on 20-Year-Old Cold Case (Ellen Abbott / WRVO)

Democrat and Chronicle–Tuesday, September 3, 1996 Edition

News Journal–Thursday, September 19, 1996 Edition

‘Just Help My Family’: $10K Reward Offered to Help Solve Brutal 1996 Jamesville Murder (Samantha House / syracuse.com)

Possible Break in 26-Year-Old Jamesville Cold Case (Matthew Saffer / CNY Central)

A Possible Suspect in a 27-Year-Old Cold Case (Christie Casciano and Dave Longley / LocalSyr.com)

Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010 (Erika Harrell, Ph.D. / US Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics)

If you have any information on the murder of Carol Ryan, please contact the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office tipline at 315-435-3051.

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