Rosa McMillan (9 of Hearts, North Carolina)
7/1/202629 min
Our card this week is Rosa McMillan, the 9 of Hearts from North Carolina.
On August 6, 1989, Rosa McMillian was found murdered inside that home. She had been brutally attacked—and sexually assaulted—in her own living room.
The crime scene didn't make sense, and a few mysterious items were left behind by whoever killed Rosa. Something else left behind? The killer's DNA.
In most cases, that would be enough to close the books. But in Rosa’s case…DNA isn’t what brought answers. In fact, it’s the opposite…and the one thing that would keep a solve out of reach.
- If you know anything about the murder of Rosa McMillan in Fayetteville, North Carolina, please call the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1529. You can also call Fayetteville Cumberland County Crime Stoppers Tips at 910-483-8477.
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First 90 secondsAshley Flowers· Host0:04
Our card this week is Rosa McMillan, the nine of hearts from North Carolina. In some law enforcement circles, there is this term that gets thrown around, your brick. It's the case that stays with you, the one that doesn't get solved, the one you carry long after you've left the job. And for retired detective Chris Corcione with the Fayetteville Police Department, his brick is Rosa McMillan. And decades later, he still remembers why.
Chris Corcione· Guest0:35
I went through a number of unsolved homicide cases in our file of unsolved homicide cases, and the reason I took the Rosa case, first of all, it was, in my opinion, solvable. I- in many respects, it was low-hanging fruit. It was one that I, I knew we could do something with. A grandmother, a mother, was beaten to death in the middle of the night, sexually assaulted, and left unsolved all this time.
Ashley Flowers· Host1:01
I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck.
Unknown speaker1:06
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