24 October 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota In 1992, the body of 19-year-old Holly Spangler was discovered in a park in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The young college student had been stabbed to death and left to die alongside a walking path.
The case has landed on the desks of many detectives over the years, yet a new investigator is hoping advanced DNA technology will finally lead to a crack in the case.
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Interviews with Detective Kristen Boomer, the new investigator on the case, gives listeners an inside look into the process of investigating a cold case.
This series also explores why investigators still haven’t ruled out Donald Blom for Spangler’s murder. Blom was convicted in 1999 for the murder and abduction of 19-year-old Katie Poirier.
Blom abducted Poirier from a gas station in Moose Lake, Minnesota, where she was working. Remnants of her teeth were found in a burn pit on Blom’s nearby property.
Prior to his conviction, Blom had already established a sorted past, which included multiple felony convictions related to sexual assault and abduction of young girls and women.
At the time of Spangler’s murder, Blom lived nearby under an alias.
Could Blom be connected to Spangler’s death?
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