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I'm your host Mark and I'm Courtney.

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And this is Mountain State Mysteries.

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The case we have for you today is about a girl who had her entire life ahead of her.

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It's about a girl whose life was taken far too soon.

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This is the case of Teresa N. Woods.

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Teresa N. Woods was born on April 6, 1972 in Montgomery, West Virginia to Betty and Donald

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Woods.

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Teresa grew up in the small town of Palton, West Virginia.

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Teresa's dad owned a grocery store in Kimberly, West Virginia.

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When Teresa was young, her parents, Betty and Donald, ended up getting a divorce.

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Teresa was the type of girl that was really quiet.

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She was very shy unless you knew her.

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But Teresa was a very loving person.

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In 1985, Teresa moved to Oak Hill, West Virginia with her mother Betty and her stepfather Rick

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Holcomb.

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Palton isn't far from Oak Hill.

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It's just about a 35 minute drive.

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However, for Teresa, this was a big move.

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She had a small group of friends and she was really close to her family in Palton.

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She really just had her mom, which her mom was her best friend.

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In September of 1985, Teresa would start school at Collins Middle School.

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Betty and her stepfather Rick would work at B&B Convalescent, which was an ambulance service.

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They would pick people up and take them to doctor's appointments and such.

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It wouldn't be until February of 1986 when Teresa seemed like she was finally settling

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into her new life in Oak Hill.

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The three lived in a trailer on Butler Street.

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The trailer was actually owned by Betty and Rick's bosses, Robert and Billy Skaggs, which

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just seemed to be amazing for Teresa.

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She started a friendship with her daughter, Angel Skaggs.

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February 20th, 1986 started as a normal day for Teresa.

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She was getting ready for school and she asked her mom how she looked.

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She wore a purple top, blue jeans, a blue jeans jacket, and dangly earrings.

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Her red hair was styled just like what Teresa saw on a magazine cover.

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Her mom drove her to school and when she got out, she told her mom that she loved her.

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And the morning that Teresa went to school, she came up missing, she told her mom, she

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said, Mom, I don't want to go to school today.

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My aunt said, you don't know how many times I wish I would let her stay at home that day.

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But she went ahead, she took her to school that morning and told Teresa, she said, she

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would see her that afternoon and Teresa told her that she loved her and kissed her and

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that was it.

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After school, Teresa would walk from Collins Middle School to where her mom and stepfather

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worked, which was only a 17 minute walk.

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She would meet Angel at the former 7-Eleven gas station, which is right by Collins Middle

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School, and they would walk together.

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However, on February 20th, Angel brought home books for her brother Allen, who was home

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sick.

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So Angel rode the bus to BNB.

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Teresa didn't know this, so she was waiting for Angel at the 7-Eleven.

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At 3pm on February 20th, Teresa was seen standing outside of the 7-Eleven on Jones Avenue, leading

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up against a pole.

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This was the last time Teresa was seen.

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Not too long after this, Angel Skaggs arrived at BNB Convalescent, which is in a group of

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buildings across from the Wendy's in Oak Hill, West Virginia.

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After a few hours, Teresa's mother Betty and her stepfather knew something was wrong,

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when she didn't show up.

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They both knew that Teresa wasn't the type of girl to do anything like this.

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She was afraid of the dark.

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She was afraid to be by herself at Northman Times.

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When she would go to her dad's, her grandma was like, in the same yard as her dad.

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Right next door, he had to stand at his door and watch her walk from his front door to

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her grandma's front door before she would even do anything like that.

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So for her to be gone overnight and to just take off, it wasn't her.

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So we knew something was seriously wrong that day.

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So Betty was in no time.

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She contacted the local authorities and Teresa's father, Donald, who immediately closed his

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grocery store and went straight to Oak Hill.

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He joined everyone in the search for Teresa.

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The whole family dressed up and walked up and down streets, they walked up and down.

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I mean, we searched everywhere.

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When my aunt called and said that she didn't come home that day, our family instantly went

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straight up there and began to look for her because we knew it was out of character.

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And the law kept telling us she's just a runaway.

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She would have never run away.

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She had no reason to run away.

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And if she would have ran away, she would have ran away to her dad's.

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Police believe that Teresa was a typical teenage runaway.

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In an article, it said, quote, Teresa N Woods, 13 year old daughter of Rick and Betty Holcomb

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of 201 Butler Street, Oak Hill, who has been missing since 3pm February 20th has not been

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located.

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According to state police who contacted the Holcomb residence Wednesday morning, evidence

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indicated that the girl may be a runaway rather than a victim of foul play.

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The state police are still pursuing the investigation in Oak Hill and Golly Bridge, where she reportedly

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has friends, end quote.

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However, after checking with Betty and Rick, police found out that Teresa took none of

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her belongings with her.

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Collins Middle School confirmed to the police that Teresa stayed at school all day.

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To Betty, the runaway theory made no sense.

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She said that Teresa was looking forward to her birthday on April 6th because she was

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getting a color television as one of her presents.

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Donna Wood still reports that Trisa seemed upset during her last three weekend visits

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with him.

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In another article, it said, quote, about a month before Trisa Ann disappeared, Betty

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said something was bothering her, but she would not discuss it.

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She apparently wanted to return to her former school, but her mother told her to finish

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the year at Collins Middle School in Oak Hill, and then they would talk about changing schools.

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Trisa Ann's natural father Hank Woods operated his store in Kimberly.

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Wood said he noticed Trisa Ann was upset about something prior to her disappearance.

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I think whatever happened started three weeks before she disappeared, said Woods.

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She wouldn't tell me what it was about.

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She asked to come and stay with me, end quote.

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Another reason everyone knew Trisa didn't run away is because she had a new boyfriend.

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Her boyfriend worked part-time at an IGA grocery store, which was directly across the road

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from the 7-Eleven on Jones Avenue.

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The boy, who we're going to call Johnny, said he didn't see Trisa after school.

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On February 20th, his father said they received a call from a girl, who he assumed was Trisa,

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but he wasn't sure.

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The girl asked if Johnny was home, and when his dad said no, she hung up.

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After all of this, police finally decided to move away from the runaway theory.

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In an article it said, quote, four weeks ago today, an Oak Hill couple last saw their

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teenage daughter.

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Rick Holcomb said he has heard no word about his missing stepdaughter.

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My wife told me knowing Thursday will be four weeks means she's going to have a bad day,

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end quote.

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The wordies became worried, even though no child had been abducted in Oak Hill for 20

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years.

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Police began to wonder if that could have happened.

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What they did think is that Trisa knew and trusted her abductor.

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Local press, radio, and newspaper told Trisa's story, and her family even covered Oak Hill

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in the surrounding areas with Trisa's missing poster.

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It said that almost every single business had a picture of Trisa hanging in their windows.

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Sadly with all of this, and even searching Trisa wasn't found.

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In an article from April 19th, 1986, it said, quote, after eight weeks, 13 year old Trisa

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Woods is still missing.

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Her stepfather, Rick Holcomb said, quote, I guess they're doing all they can, but I

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don't think they have enough manpower.

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He also wonders why area police have not contacted the FBI.

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Holcomb and his wife have contacted more national agencies for missing children.

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But no success in the meantime.

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It's just a waiting game.

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He said, end quote.

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Sadly, Trisa's 14th birthday came and went.

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On June 5th, 1986, around 8pm, two men who lived at Laurel Creek, John and Gerald Davis,

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went to fish for minnows in the nearby stream.

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While walking, John Davis stumbled upon a human skull that was somewhat in the water

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on the edge of the creek.

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Gerald and John contacted the Fayette County Sheriff's Department who sailed off the area.

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They searched the area all night and into the following morning.

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Police found more human remains around the area this skull was found.

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Some clothing fragments and some jewelry.

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Authorities also found a few strands of bright red hair.

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Seeing the hair, they had a gut feeling on who they had found.

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Clothing and the remains were sent to the state medical examiner's office.

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Sadly, identification was delayed a few days because Trisa's dental records were sent

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to California to be entered into a national database for missing children.

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In an article from Friday, June 6th, 1986, it said, quote, the body of a girl found Thursday

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by Minnow Hunter in Laurel Creek is believed to be that of an Oak Hill girl missing since

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February 20th.

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Police said a body fitting the description of Teresa Woods 13 was found in Laurel Creek

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off US 19 about 8pm Thursday.

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Chief Sergeant TC Monk of the State Police Detachment in Oak Hill.

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We're not positive on the identification yet, but the description fits and we're going

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from there, Monk said.

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The body was found by a boy hunting Minnows in the creek, Monk said.

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Police are investigating the death as a homicide.

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The body will be taken to the state medical examiner's office in South Charleston, he

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said.

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The state and county police are following leads, but no arrests have been made yet,

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end quote.

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A few days later, West Virginia State Medical Examiner, Irvin Sulphur, confirmed everyone's

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beliefs.

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Sulphur also said that Trisa had been a victim of homicide.

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To this day, the cause of Trisa's death has never been released.

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Police have said that they believe that Trisa's murder was sexually motivated.

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The discovery of Trisa's remains gave authorities some issues.

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Four months passed since Trisa was last seen alive.

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They decided it was smart to try to trace Trisa's steps that day.

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They knew she was last seen at the 7-Eleven on Jones Avenue, and they knew that she would

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have walked six blocks to where her mom and stepfather worked.

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Her remains were found nine miles away from the 7-Eleven at Laurel Creek, and about one

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fourth mile away from the main road.

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When her body was found, she was completely skeletonized.

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The remains were scattered around the creek, which authorities believed that it was due

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to animal activity.

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All of the clothing and jewelry found around Trisa's remains were matching what she wore

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to school that day.

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This made authorities believe that she was killed on February 20th or a little after.

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One of the questions everyone had then, and that we still have today in 2024, is how did

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Trisa get from the 7-Eleven on Jones Avenue to Laurel Creek?

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How did she get there without being seen in a vehicle with someone?

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In the nine mile drive, there are only two ways to get there.

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There are no shortcuts or no intersecting roads.

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Police believe that whoever killed Trisa knew the area of Laurel Creek.

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In a news article it said, quote, they at county authorities are still investigating

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the murder, the murder of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed remains were found almost

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six weeks ago.

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Trisa and Woods was last seen in Oak Hill on February 20th.

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Her remains were discovered by fishermen on Laurel Creek Road near Fayetteville on June

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5th.

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We're making progress trooper R.L. Hall of the Oak Hill State Police Detachment said

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Wednesday, we do have suspects.

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We're still interviewing people, said Corporal Everett Steele, end quote.

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They also said that they found a clue that could be crucial to the case, which has never

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been released.

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What this clue is, but we believe to know what it is, and well, it's some pretty damning

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evidence.

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By November of 1986, the investigation seemed to have turned cold.

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Both police departments put out an appeal for anyone with any information about the

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murder of Trisa and Woods to contact them.

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In 2011, the case was passed down to Captain J.L. Cahill as an effort by the West Virginia

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State Police to re-examine cold cases.

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In 2021, an article by Jessica Farish of the Register Herald announced that Teresa and

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Woods' case was reopened by the West Virginia State Police.

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Corporal Jake and Cade said, quote, a new lead was given to police earlier this year,

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end quote.

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He said he was still investigating it.

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Since then, Teresa's case has been cold.

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I'm not going to give up on this case until I give my last breath.

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Our mom deserves justice almost everything that day, so we just feel like we're at a

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loss.

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But I'm not giving up until I breathe my last breath.

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I will not give up, even if my aunt asks us before she gets her justice, I still will

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not give up.

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But I just want eventually to get closure.

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I want to know, I don't want to know what they've done to her.

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I don't care.

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I just want to know who and why.

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We miss her every day.

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We think about her all the time.

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I mean, her mom's got all the newspaper articles, every newspaper article that involved her,

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her case, she's got it.

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To Teresa's murderer, we think it's about to all fall apart for you.

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People are going to know who you are, your name, and how awful of a person you are.

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Teresa was so much more in her 13 years than you'll ever be.

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I would pay attention to how people treat you now because it's not going to last much

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longer.

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The clock is ticking and your secret won't stay hidden for long.

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It's past time for someone who knows anything to come forward.

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Teresa's family has waited almost 38 years with no answers.

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If you're someone that knows anything on the murder of Teresa Ann Woods, please call

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Crime Stoppers at 304-255-STOP.

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Again, that's 304-255-7867.

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You can even submit a tip online at www.crumpstopperswestfragania.org.

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You are not required to give your name and are able to submit anonymously.

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