From the moment Susan Woods was found dead at home in the summer of 1987, everyone in Stephenville, Texas—including the police—was certain she’d been killed by her estranged husband.

That left the real culprit free to prey on others. In "Stephenville," best-selling author Bryan Burrough returns to his small-town Texas roots to explore a murder case that went cold for nearly two decades. Only now, after discovering a voice from beyond the grave, can the whole story finally be told—a story about the secrets that got buried, and how some folks in this town helped keep them that way.

From the Texas Monthly team behind "Tom Brown’s Body" comes another true story of crime, suspicion, and life in small-town Texas. Coming June 20.

"I'll never lose that hope. It could be five years from today. The door is always open at our office for anything that will bring resolution to this case."

There have finally been a couple of developments in the case. But will they lead to the truth about what happened to Tom?

"I'm definitely more paranoid wherever I go. I definitely watch my back more and pay attention to what's going on around me."

"The people of the town are calling us and saying, 'Do we have a monster that lives in our community?' I wish I could give them Solace."

"I'm like, 'What the heck is that?' So, I walk around some shrubs, and as I get closer I can see that it kind of looks like bone."

“It's kind of strange that your investigator calls this search, and lo and behold, right after he starts the search, a cell phone is found.”

"I'm sitting there thinking, 'Oh God, I'm so scared right now.' I couldn't convince them. And so I just let them hammer me."

"Makes you want to go to the church, get on your knees and say a few words, right?