A FATHER whose daughter and niece were abducted and killed 12 years ago in an unsolved case that continues to stump investigators believes the killer is still lurking somewhere nearby.
Drew Collins told The U.S. Sun the wait for answers in the investigation into who killed his 8-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and 10-year-old niece Lyric Cook-Morrissey , has at times been excruciating.
The two girls disappeared on July 13, 2012, while riding their bicycles in the small town of Evansdale, Iowa , about 45 minutes northwest of Cedar Rapids.
A frantic and sprawling search of the local area yielded a few clues but months would pass before the girls’ bodies were found.
That tragic discovery was made 25 miles away, on December 5, 2012, when hunters walking through the isolated Seven Bridges Wildlife Area happened on two sets of remains.
They were later identified as Elizabeth and Lyric , though how the girls were killed and in what condition their bodies were found has never been disclosed by police.