On June 24th, 2000, a 15-year-old aspiring writer vanished from her home in Utah, and her mom turned to her daughter’s own stories for clues. Having been a victim of bullying, police initially believed that she ran away. But as witnesses came forward, she appeared to have a stalker who had lured her from her home on the very computer where she sat every night to write. This is the murder of Trisha Autry.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Unsolved Mysteries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2U47EKRSUg

2. Roy's Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143775087/aubrey-leroy-autry

3. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/286716168/?terms=trisha%20autry&match=1

4. Trisha's Obituary: https://www.hjnews.com/obituaries/trisha-anne-autry/article_aada7f12-4ef2-5fd1-9d6c-97cd816cbcd8.html

5. Medium: https://crimeatorium.medium.com/a-promising-life-cut-short-the-trisha-ann-anne-autry-story-64a58206744

6. Bob Lonsberry: http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=475&go=4

7. State of Utah vs. Nielsen: https://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=2014%20UT%2010&s=UT&d=70021

8. HJ News: https://www.hjnews.com/who-is-cody-nielsen-valley-residents-wonder-about-one-of-their-own/article_e27397a9-54ea-5f88-a1aa-aff4803230f4.html

9. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2004/1/14/19806473/you-can-t-sugarcoat-evil-prosecutor-says

10. HJ News: https://www.hjnews.com/news/local-volunteer-autry-dead-at-67/article_d4558d10-492d-5b13-bff9-c79339d3f20c.html

11. Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613627710/?terms=trisha%20autry&match=1

12. The Times-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/566277265/?terms=trisha%20autry&match=1

13. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613615730/?terms=trisha%20autry&match=1

14. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613432674/?terms=trisha%20autry&match=1

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