When a young West Virginia couple sets out on a Sunday evening date, their vehicle is found several hours later, on fire across the state line, in Giles County, Virginia. Motive proves difficult to determine, and a senseless double-homicide becomes an Appalachian cold case in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Virginia State Police – Case: 26-16521 – Karen Noble and Jeff Scott (Virginia State Police Cold Case Database)

Motive Eludes Police In Deaths of Couple (Paul Dellinger / The Roanoke Times)

Couple Found Murdered (Associated Press)

Two College Students Found Slain in Giles (Pat Cecil / Daily Telegraph)

Couple Found Murdered (Mag Poff / The Roanoke Times)

Arrests Near In Slayings, Police Say (The Roanoke Times)

Sheriff Denies Arrests Near in Giles Killings (The Roanoke Times)

Medical Examiner Says Couple Had been Shot (Joanne Poindexter / The Roanoke Times)

Police Say Leads Found in Slayings (Associated Press)

Giles Police Seek Man For Questioning in Deaths (The Roanoke Times)

Bluefield Residents Offering Reward In Couple’s Death (The Roanoke Times)

Mystery Man Believed Key to Giles Murders (Vickie Brown / The Roanoke Times)

Murder Probe Fruitless (Associated Press)

Murders (The Roanoke Times)

Escapee Questioned (Associated Press)

Few Clues, No Motive Keeps Murder a Mystery (Associated Press)

Evidence Mishandled, Official Says (Associated Press)

Handling of Evidence Proper, Officials Say (The Roanoke Times)

Giles Escapee Sought In Tazewell Violence (The Roanoke Times)

Man Wanted in 2 Slayings Now Sought in Kidnap Case (Associated Press)

Escapee Sought Only In Kidnapping of Pair (Vickie Brown / The Roanoke Times)

Authorities Plan on Questioning Recaptured Escapee on Deaths (Associated Press)

Kidnap Victim Can’t Believe He’s Still Alive (Vickie Brown / The Roanoke Times)

Stepfather of Narrows Fugitive Arrested (Roland Kidwell / The Roanoke Times)

Mother Attacked By Intruder in Giles (The World-News)

Watch Failed to Stop Jail Suicide (Paul Dellinger / The Roanoke Times)

Dead Inmate Was Suspect in ’78 Giles County Murders (Chuck Burress / The Roanoke Times)

Site for Trial Changed (The Roanoke Times)

Escapee Captured (Associated Press)

Convicted Rapist Hanged (Associated Press)

George Bird Indicted on Four Counts (Clinch Valley News)

Cops: Man Who Killed Hikers Strikes Again (CBS News)

Blood on the Mountain (Will Haygood / Washington Post)

AT Murderer Crosses His Own Disturbing Path 27 Years Later (David Moore / The Arab Tribune)

Jeffrey Lee Scott (Town of Bramwell)

Obituary: Karen Lynn Noble (findagrave.com)

If you know anything about the murders of Jeff Scott and Karen Noble, please contact Virginia State Police Senior Special Agent Edwards at 540-444-7788 or via e-mail at bci-wytheville@vsp.virginia.gov