Murder Comes to Town

The disappearance of waitress Zilpha Lowery

The case of 25-year-old waitress Zilpha Lowery who vanished in July 1993. Foul play was immediately suspected as rumours of Lowery's fate spread through her North Carolina town and tied her to another mysterious disappearance. Her body was found with its skull crushed several months later, but it would be another 13 years before a tip led detectives out of state to find their man