Lyric & Elizabeth: Ten Years Later
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EVANSDALE, Iowa (KCRG) - A murder case that continues to haunt so many people in the Cedar Valley - family and strangers alike - remains unsolved after 10 years.
Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, disappeared while riding their bikes in Evansdale on the afternoon of July 13, 2012. Their bodies were discovered in rural Bremer County just weeks before Christmas that year. No arrests have been made in the case.
Over the last few months, KCRG-TV9 has been speaking to the families of the girls, law enforcement who were on the scene in the first few days after the abduction, and investigators looking into the case today.
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10 years after Evansdale case, investigators inching closer to justice
The abduction and murders of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins in 2012 are never far from the minds of investigators working to bring their killer, or killers, to justice.
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Drew Collins’ message to daughter’s killer: ‘We’re coming for you’
A decade after his daughter's abduction and murder, Drew Collins wants the person - or people - responsible to know that he’s not giving up on finding them.
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Lyric Cook-Morrissey’s mom: ‘I do want to move on with my life’
Misty Cook, the mother and aunt of two girls abducted and murdered in 2012, said the pain of losing her daughter and niece along with the suspicion directed at her led her to self-destruct.
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Heater Collins on losing Elizabeth: '‘Time doesn’t heal, it just makes it worse’
Ten years after the abduction and murders of her daughter and niece, Heather Collins says time hasn’t helped the pain of losing the two little girls.
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Search for justice continues a decade after cousins abducted, murdered
A murder case that continues to haunt so many people in the Cedar Valley - family and strangers alike - remains unsolved after 10 years
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Killer likely familiar with crime scenes in Evansdale case
Investigators said the crime scenes in the case would likely be known only by someone familiar with the area.
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Father of Evansdale murder victim believes the killer is in the community
Drew Collins believes the person who killed his daughter and niece lives in the Cedar Valley.
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Drew Collins recalls the last time he saw his daughter
Elizabeth's father share his memories of the last time he saw his daughter alive.
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A look back at the search for Lyric and Elizabeth’s killer
The search for justice in one of Iowa's most well-known unsolved crimes continues after ten years
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Heather Collins: 'Last decade a nightmare'
10 years hasn't healed the pain Heather Collins still feels to this day over the loss of her daughter.
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Strained relationships and suspicion in the family
Heather Collins said the loss of their daughter destroyed her marriage and that her relationship with her sister Misty has been plagued by suspicion.
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Misty Cook describes searching for her daughter while being villainized
Lyric's mom Misty Cook talks about the day someone took her daughter, her niece, and how people judged her from the start because of her criminal past.
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Lyric's mom: 'The pain was inescapable’
Losing both her daughter and niece led Misty to self-destruct, then rebuild her life with three new, young daughters
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