Shawny Smith

On a cold winter day in February 2003, the body of 32-year-old Caucasian female, Shawny Lee Smith, was discovered, leaving a lasting wound in the community and a case that would remain unsolved for decades. A property owner found her remains on February 8, 2003, near U.S. Route 85 in Weld County, Colorado, just a quarter of a mile from the Wyoming border. An investigation determined that the Cheyenne mother of two had been brutally beaten and raped.

Investigators believe that Shawny was k ...