In the summer of 1976, a young couple was brutally murdered at a park while camping in Wisconsin. There was no apparent motive and the couple was seemingly chosen at random. Their lives taken so soon, both their families struggled with unanswered questions for decades. But could the season of justice and advances in DNA bring this family some closure finally? Join us as we discuss the case of Ellen Matheys and her fiancé, David Schuldes, as well as the investigation that unfolded more than 40 years after their murders.

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