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[Music] say goodbye D what' your baby say what happened is something that I don't really remember
give your baby a kiss there were definitely times where I wish that I could just remember anything
that would help anything at all what's your name my name is Emily Whitner and when I
was two my mother Amy was murdered I wonder what Amy would be like now would she have gone to college what would she
have done with with her life I imagine that Amy and I would probably be friends not just mom and daughter but
friends my daughter Amy was intelligent and she smiled all the time she was kind to people she made people
feel good because C she would make them important I got upstairs and found Amy no
parent should ever find their child she was terrified that's how she died terrified on the day that Amy died Emily
was there with her she was in bed with her may have a kiss and she called Amy M and she told me she tried to pick M up
but she was just too heavy she tried to pick her up you have 24 years of always wondering why this happened why did they
not find anyone is he still out there I thought they're going to see we're a good family they'll figure this
out and then you go through periods of you think it's it's never going to be resolved this is the original case file
for the Amy Whitner murder I'm William Carter I'm the detective Sergeant with the adapis Metropolitan Police
Department I'm just a civil type police officer I wasn't a homicide detective for anybody that ever investigated a
homicide the detective that was assigned to Amy's case didn't know how to print from Facebook and he approached me
originally and asked me how do you print from Facebook that's how I got involved
in the case I spoke to Gloria Whitner she had lost all hope and it just kind of made it person thing for
me did you have faith that he could solve this well we really didn't know no one else had we expected to hear a name
that we did not know not someone that we knew

Can a Facebook-savvy investigator solve the case of a mom murdered two decades ago? "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts reports Saturday, Aug. 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Emily Whitner reflects on her mother Amy's murder and the unresolved investigation led by Detective William Carter.

Key points

The Murder of Amy Whitner. Emily Whitner reflects on her mother's murder and the impact it had on her life.
Detective's Involvement. Detective William Carter shares how he became involved in the case.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I wonder what Amy would be like now.

Emily's thoughts about her mother's potential life.

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