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Outlook: How I Solved my Best Friend's Murder

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Angela Samota in Texas in the 1980s.

05/06/2018 GMT

How I Solved my Best Friend's Murder

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Sheila Wysocki became a Private Investigator to solve her friend's cold case murder

The case of Angela Samota's murder went unsolved for years. Her friend Sheila Wysocki decided to become a private investigator to find Angie's killer

In the 1980s Sheila Wysocki shared a college dorm room in Texas with a woman called Angela Samota. The pair became very close despite their personalities being very different. Then, in 1984, tragedy struck: Angela was raped and murdered. There were leads in the case, but eventually it went cold. Then, two decades after Angela's death, Sheila decided to become a private investigator to solve the case. But, would she be able to find the killer?

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(Photo: Angela Samota in Texas in the 1980s. Credit: Sheila Wysocki)

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