A HIGHSCHOOL teacher tasked his students with solving a series of murders that had gone cold for 40 years and after a semester’s worth of work, the wannabe detectives were able to identify a killer.
In the 1980s, the bodies of multiple women with red or reddish-brown hair were found dumped along interstate highways – many were found in Tennessee.
The gruesome killings were dubbed the Redhead Murders and for decades many of the victims remained unidentified.
Elizabethton High School teacher Alex Campbell thought the mystery would make his sociology class more engaging for his students, who were asking for more interesting classes.