On September 1, 1992, the rural landscape of Lawrence County, Missouri, became the unlikely setting for a brutal crime that would puzzle investigators and haunt a family for decades. Tammy Jo Zywicki, a 21-year-old college student returning from a weekend visit with her brother, vanished after her car broke down on an Illinois interstate. Nine days later, highway crews discovered her body on the shoulder of Interstate 44, wrapped in a red blanket and sealed with duct tape. Stab wounds to her chest and evidence of sexual assault made clear that she had been murdered elsewhere and moved to that desolate location. Despite a multistate task force, extensive witness interviews, and a $50,000 reward, no one has ever been arrested. More than thirty years later, the case remains open, ongoing forensic advances offer fresh hope, and Tammy’s family and community continue their tireless pursuit of answers.
Early Life and Background
Born on March 13, 1971, in Marlton,…..