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when we were younger there was always a box in my grandparents basement and had Janet written on the side and we were
always told do not touch it Janna was a very very happy person and Janet seemingly had everything to
look forward to in life Janet was very well lake she had a lot of friends she was both on the
musical and the geeky side so to speak my name is Francesco celeri and I am Janet Walsh's brother they were really
close really close because I've heard my entire life uh about my Aunt Janet and everything that happened she's just a
kid she's just a 23-year-old she had been out the night before with a couple of girlfriends we found out that she didn't
show up for work that morning I'm Andy Gul and in 1979 I was the first police officer
at the Janet Walsh homicide [Music] scene I drove up to the front of the house and ran up to the door and Pete
celor Janet's father told me that she was in the back bedroom I walk in and I pull the sheet
back slightly there was no need to even check for a pulse because you could tell
by the her face and the scarf around her neck that she was dead the word dead just didn't apply she's she's my sister
there's nothing that could make my sister be dead I had to go in and see for myself but
my my brother would not allow me to he put me in a bear hug and he would not let
go he did not want that to be the last family I had of my sister I have a plot from an old TV show
like Murder She Wrote where we have five suspects and I can't put a finger on any
of them in the late 2000s the Pennsylvania State Police Cold Case unit began to relook at the
investigation this was everything collected by the Pennsylvania State Police at the time of the crime in
1979 assistant district attorney Britney Smith was assigned to prosecute it and this has been preserved by the state
police since that time in a way this is a a time capsule we're going back to the
late 1970s we're going to the death scene now the cord from her own bathro was used to to bind her wrist
right she more than likely let her killer in and it was someone known to her at that time this was almost the
perfect murder it was for 34 years

"48 Hours" Presents: She was murdered at 23. Five suspects and cops couldn't arrest anyone. It was the perfect crime for 34 years -- until now. Correspondent Peter Van Sant has the story Saturday, Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

The episode examines the unsolved murder of Janet Walsh through family memories and police insights.

Key points

The Tragic Discovery. Francesco recalls the moment he learned about his sister Janet's death.
A Cold Case Reopened. The Pennsylvania State Police Cold Case unit revisits the investigation after decades.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

There's nothing that could make my sister be dead.

Francesco's emotional reaction to his sister's death.

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