In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we revisit the cold case of 21-year-old Carol Roth, whose life was shaken by a late-night break-in at the Delta Zeta house in 1974 and ended the following winter after a walk home in Normal, Illinois. From the campus hangout known as The Cellar to the frantic hours when Carol was found and rushed for care, police build their theory around a key sighting and a composite sketch that will steer the case for decades.
In Part 1, Danelle traces the timeline to Christmas 1975 and the first choices that left Carol’s family without answers.