Sugar Grove's 'Cold Case'

It sounds like a plot from a TV crime drama: A key witness is targeted on the eve of a murder trial.

But he's not home and his mother is gunned down instead.

The boy and his family are taken into protective custody and he later testifies.

However, this isn't a murder case that's neatly wrapped up in an hour through seemingly instant DNA analysis or a suspect's tearful confession to detectives.

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