In 1981, 32-year-old Patricia Beard was found murdered in her small Denver apartment — sexually assaulted, strangled, and left with no witnesses and no leads. For more than three decades, her case sat cold and was not spoken about much in news or any other way… until a single forgotten swab, nearly tossed in a 1994 evidence purge, finally spoke.
Today, we unravel the brutal crime, the decades of silence, and the DNA breakthrough that brought Patricia the justice she deserved.
