He Stopped at a Hardware Store - Janet Acosta
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On April 25, 2000, Janet Acosta sat in her van at Watson Island during her lunch break, reading a book in the shade. She was 49 years old, a production worker at the Miami Herald, and she was minding her own business in a way that she absolutely should have been allowed to keep doing. She wasn't.
What followed was 140 miles of highway — Miami to the Florida Keys — that ended on Cudjoe Key, in a patch of ground where her body lay for two days before anyone found her. Her killer was 23 years old, had a razor blade, and apparently had nowhere better to be. He confessed. He was…
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