The Case of Sophie Sergie

The Misery Machine

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Alaska to discuss the case of Sophie Sergie, a young Yu'Pik woman attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In late April of 1993, Sophie's body was discovered in the bathroom of the women's dormitory on campus. But soon, without any leads, her case went cold. That was until 345 months later, when the same DNA evidence techniques used to catch the Golden State Killer pointed the police to a suspect... a suspect living in our own backyard.

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