He said kristy has been murdered. She was taken so soon and so violently. I could not stop shaking. A young teacher leaving for i school, murdered before she could get out the door. This was a horrific scene. It was a nightmare scene. She had christmas presents she was taking to her students that they. I was petrified. I r thought who . Why . We looked at suspect after af suspect. We are still with no answer. This poor family. We thought we could solve this case. Could cuttingedge science reveal a clue . It was someone they did not have a reason to look at or talk to before. He was here the whole time. You were literally talking to her killer. Evil comes in all packages. It certainly does. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Kristy always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and her enthusiasm showed. Colleagues marveled at her way with kids. Her life was cut tragically short and investigators efficiently hit a dead end. Decades later, a crash course in dna analysis gave them a picture of kristys killer and revealed a stunning true that he had been hiding In Plain Sight the whole time. Here is facing the music. They were having so much fun. Egg group of girlfriends hitting the town one Saturday Night. Lost in the music. We would go to different clubs. We probably made ourselves known. We are here. Come look at us. In a fun way. This was the playground they know by heart. The home where they felt safe. They were invincible. You are 25 and nothings y going to happen to you. And then, less than 48 hours later, one of them was gone. Murdered and the killer was at large. I remember being paralyzed. Not being able to leave the no house. It still your friend. It still your innocence. It certainly did. Nl it would take another 25 years to find the killer. A most unlikely suspect. Always there watching them. Tearing them. You were literally talking to kristys killer. Rate. I kept thinking after the fact,e he had to know who i was when i was standing in front of him. He had to have known who i was. Some things are so life altering you can ever get them no matter how hard you try. For Harry Goodman, that moment came the morning of december 21, 1992. Harry was the principal of an Elementary School in Lancaster County, pennsylvania. His star teacher 25yearold Christy Mirack was late for work. Christy was there every morning around 8 00. When eight became 8 30, harry grew uneasy. The kids started to come into the classroom. I called her apartment about nt five times. Nothing. He contacted her family who lived about a two hour drive north. Her brother. Vince. We got the phone call from her school that she did not show up for work. Where she home this weekend . Which she delayed coming back . Stuck in traffic . We were in panic mode. The kind of person she was, we thought something was wrong. It was that gut feeling. The family told harry they had not heard from christy that morning. Harry couldnt wait any longer. He knew she lived nearby with a friend. You decide to jump in your car r to see whats going on . I was prepared, change attire along the interstate. That is what you were expecting. You thought her car was broken down. Right. But it wasnt. When he pulled up to christys Apartment Complex . I saw her car there and it was iced over. Then i started to freak out. Her front door was open and f he went inside and look to the n left. He saw her in the living room lifeless on the floor. He ran to call 911. I was a total mess. I was in hysterics. In total shock. It was apparent she had been murdered. He went on to become the District Attorney but back in the early 1990s, he was a young prosecutor. This was a horrific scene . It was a nightmare scene. Not only the fact you had this teacher who was brutally murdered, but she had been sexually assaulted on top of that. Did it seem clear at least at first glance, how she died . There had been a brutal struggle. The Medical Examiner would later determine that in addition to being sexually assaulted, christy had been beaten and strangled to death. Likely that very moment. She had her gloves on. The last thing you do is put your gloves on. She had christmas presents she was taking to her students that they that were strewn about as part of the struggle. So brazen too that this would happen at that hour of the morning when people are going to work, to school. Those places are close together , and theres a lot of cars around there and people. A lot of people around. A number of witnesses who couldve been there. The person was very determined to do what he wanted to do. Police collected Crime Scene Evidence including dna the killer left behind touring the sexual us all. They canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses. Her Brother Vince said he had no idea what was happening ap until he arrived at the police station. The session started with there was an accident. He passed away she passed away. We said what happened . Thats when they told us she was murdered. Christies Roommate Mary got a call from police asking to meet back at the apartment. Something about christy being in trouble. When she arrived, a detective approached her. He brought me to his car and he said christy has been murdered. I remember being doubled over to try to stop the shaking. Mary explained she left around 7 00 a. M. That morning and christy was getting ready for work. I was driving away. Im already this far im going to keep going. That might christy was murdered between 7 00 and just after 9 00 that morning when Harry Goodman found her. Investigators asked mary to do a walkthrough of the apartment. Right away, she saw Scuff Marks On and near the front door. She dug in. That was my thought. She dug in like she was dragged. There was a lot of blood on the carpet. And you had to see that. Yeah. It has to be traumatizing. Yeah, it was. Investigators believe Christy Open The Door to leave only to have the Killer Drager back in. I think she was overpowered pretty quickly. Where she was murdered was noth far away from the entry point. Did it appear to take place in one area . From the foyer into the living room. Those were rooms where it seemed the struggle had taken place. Something else caught the detectives attention. Her final conversation with christy. Before i left i said we will meet up later. She sounded distant. I said are you okay . And she said i am fine so i went to work. What do you think it was . I dont know. She was preoccupied. Christy had something on her mind, and only moments to live. Investigators had to find out if the two were connected. Coming up. Clues to a mystery. A boyfriend. She had told me things were ending. She was finally ready to move on. This was a big deal. 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Police wanted to know if christy had enemies and the answer was no. Her brother said his sister had tons of friends. She was kind, caring, and focus. From the time she was a little girl, she wanted to be a teacher. We had a thing set up in the garage where she was a schoolteacher. Now its a summer and kids want to go out and play on my sisters pulling them into teach them. When she was not playing school, she was goofing around like a normal kid. Anybody will tell you the same thing. She was laughing, smiling. Having a good time. After high school, she took her work play ethic to a Millersville University where she met her other family. Where you will like sisters . Absolutely. Her circle included the remake, mary. Chris walter, lisa bailey, and marianne taylor. We have shared close. We share hair products. We share everything. I dont think theres anything about each other that we do not know and thats a rare friendship. When it came to christy, her friends knew she could hold her own, especially when they would go well. If someone came up and she was not interested, she had no problem telling people. Hits the road. I am not interested. She was protective of her friends. When they graduated, few set up house in that Apartment Complex in downtown lancaster. Christy was always a safe person. Lock your doors. Always leave with a buddy. And we did feel safe. Our backyard was a dairy farm. By then, christy landed her dream job as a teacher. Here she is leading a Sixth Grade Class in science. These are the ways we would classify any type harry says Something Special in her. She wasnt satisfied and just being a good teacher. She wanted to be a great teacher. What do you think it was about her ability to connect with kids . She was creative. The kids were captivated. Christy didnt look at it as work. If only you could bottle that and sell it. Tell me. Investigators found one loose thread in her life. She loved him. So loyal to him. Christy had fallen for a man who went by the name dagger. Not her friends idea of a catch. Christy was 25 and he was not. He was old. [ laughter ] he was. He was 20 years older. Almost twice christys age. He had a good job as president of the local teamsters, and he was generous. I think she felt cared for. I dont know how. Whether it was financially or what, but i think she felt cared for. She did not divulge much about her boyfriend or his past. Her friends could tell he was in no rush to the altar and they thought that bothered christy, especially his friends started moving out and getting married. Maybe having just gone through that wedding that september, im thinking she was realizing that is the life i deserve too. Two days before she was killed, that saturday, christy had come to a decision. She had told me things were ending with dagger. She was finally ready to move on. This was a big deal because she had been with him for years at this point . She looked happy. We saw christy back, bubbly, happy, ready to get out there and live. That night, she did. The friends went downtown hitting the clubs. Now, police had to consider whether christy told dagger she wanted to break up. If so, had he taken it badly . Was it on christys mind the morning she was murder . Warhead christy angered someone else from that Saturday Night . Police wanted to know more. Where did you eat. Where did you go dancing . Where did you go after that . Who was there . Then something bizarre. The day after christys murder, a man walked into her school. He clearly did not belong there. I approached him and said, may i help you . Bob was the assistant school superintendent. He said i am just here to see Christy Mirack. I said, unfortunately, you will have to leave. Christy has passed. The mysterious visitor said he had not heard the news. He claimed he was christys friend. Then he left. It was hard to believe anyone in Lancaster County would not have heard about it. His mind raced. He had heard stories of investigations for the criminal seemed eager to catch the attention of police. Immediate after that i called the police. I may have just been faceto face with the killer. Whoever the mystery man was, police new they had to find him immediately. Coming up. It would have been shocking to her to see him come in the building. A surprise was in store about the surprise visitor. It was something to do with them. There was no other logical explanation. Explanation. Res skyrizi. Things are looking up, ive got Symptom Relief. Control of my crohns means everything to me. Control is everything to me. Feel significant Symptom Relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less Abdominal Pain and fewer bowel movements. Skyrizi is the first il23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. 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Christys longtime boyfriend. Police brought him in for questioning. They found a dagger had a secret. He had a wife. He was married so he was pretty high on the suspect list. Even talking to investigators, they were absolutely convinced that this was him. Dagger insisted it was not. He said when christy died, he was hundreds of miles away in virginia where he had recently moved with his wife. Christys friends were stunned. She never mentioned dagger was married. They werent sure she even knew. Now, they had to wonder if her decision to break things off two days before her death had doomed her. He might not of liked that. She was devoted to him. I am sure that would be a loss to him to not have her in his life anymore. And it was years. You dont cut that tie and not have it mean anything. When they learned he showed up at christy school, their suspicions grew. We were thinking he was trying to establish an alibi or to show that he had no involvement. Look how much i am in love with her. It was odd because it was everywhere that she had been murdered. Everywhere in lancaster. I never understood how he did not know. It was uncharacteristic of him to show up at the school. I think it wouldve been shocking to her to see him come in that building. It wouldve been unnerving for her to have her worlds collide like that. The idea that dagger did it fell apart. Police confirmed his alibi. He had been in virginia at the time of the murder. They also tested his dna versus the dna the killer left during the sexual assault. Eliminated through scientific and to them, dagger had always been a man of mystery. He did not talk about his life or work. Their imaginations ran wild. Be either hired a hitman or it was revenge. It was something to do with him. Somebody who wanted to get back at him for some reason. There was no other logical explanation at the time. We were terrified. Investigators did not buy the hitman angle. Hitmen dont usually get into handtohand combat with her victim. They certainly do not leave multiple dna samples behind. You would not think anyone would do it at 7 15 in the morning in her apartment. There would be better ways. Its not consistent. Police needed to consider other men christy mightve crossed. Her friends did mention one incident from that Saturday Night. They ran into someone who dated another one of their friends. Who was not a good guy and we called him out on a. They believe the man had been abusive to their friend and even killed her dog. Wheeled puppy killer. How did he react . He was scary. He is a sociopath. Big. Scary. Did you tell the police about him . T