#326 - When a 17-year-old beauty school student went missing in February 2010, the residents of a small Washington town were left stunned. Then just days later, the teen's body was discovered by a passerby on the banks of the Columbia River. What began as a desperate search quickly turned into something far more disturbing—an investigation filled with false leads, unsettling rumors, and a suspect hiding in plain sight.

Because in this case… the answers weren’t just buried in secrets.

They were written in the forensic evidence.

This is the murder of Mackenzie Cowell.

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