When one of the brightest students at a prestigious Ivy League university is fatally stabbed in plain sight, police scramble to determine who’s responsible. In a campus full of brilliant minds, one outsmarts all the rest, literally getting away with murder on this episode of Last Seen Alive.
Suzanne Jovin was 21-years-old when she was murdered on December 4th, 1998 in New Haven, Connecticut. Image source: family photo. Suzanne was incredibly intelligent, driven and hard-working. She maintained high grades at Yale while also volunteering in programs that benefited elementary school students and intellectually-disabled adults. On top of that, she worked a part-time job and co-founded the university’s German Club. Image source: family photo.Pictured: a possible suspect sketch based on the recollection of a witness who reported seeing a blond man running away from the crime scene. Image source: police image.
Yale University is still offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jovin’s killer, while the state is offering a $50,000 reward.
If you have any information about the murder of Suzanne Jovin, please call the investigative tipline at: 1-866-623-8058. Or, e-mail investigators at: jovin.case@ct.gov.
When a teen vanishes from a safe neighborhood in California’s Bay Area on her way to the school bus stop, a brutal crime of opportunity and a controversial DNA evidence law lead to a rare no-body homicide conviction in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
Sierra LaMar was 15-years-old when she vanished from her Morgan Hill, California neighborhood on March 16, 2012. Investigators determined that she’d been abducted on her way to the school bus stop. Image source: family photo.Family and friends described Sierra as having a magnetic personality. Her family has not had the opportunity to lay her to rest, as her killer has not revealed the location of her remains. Image source: family photo.Pictured: the last known photo of Sierra, taken the morning of her disappearance. The San Jose Sharks hoodie she’s wearing was later found neatly folded inside of her purse, which was inexplicably located inside of a shed in an empty farm field. Image source: family photo.In a rare no-body homicide conviction, Antolin Garcia-Torres has been convicted of abducting and murdering Sierra Lamar. He is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. He has not revealed the location of Sierra’s remains. Image source: booking photo.Pictured: The Californian newspaper documents some of the extensive search efforts that were undertaken in an attempt to locate Sierra LaMar. Professionals and civilian volunteers alike searched land and water for her, without success. Although her killer has been convicted, her remains have never been found. Image source: The Californian (April 21, 2012 ed.).
Sierra is still waiting to be found. If you have any information on the location of her remains, please call the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office’s tipline at 1-408-808-4431 or leave an anonymous tip at: tips.fbi.gov.
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