The Hunt for Sarah Yarborough’s Killer | Sneak peek | Forensic Files

[Music] 16-year-old Sarah yarboro is being remembered as talented creative and kind
Sarah was an a student at the high school whenever you saw Sarah she always had a
smile this case is about a 16-year-old girl who had the right to grow up this case is about Sarah and
everything that she should have been allowed to become was Friday the 13th in December
of 1991 her parents were out of town for her brother's soccer game she stayed home I was reluctant to leave Sarah she
didn't want to come of course cuz she had her whole weekend planned out so she had a friend come over and stay with her
that [Music] weekend we went to a basketball game went and got junk food at the grocery
store a little bit of fast food you know we're 16 we were Carefree there was absolutely nothing
that would make any of us think that the next morning everything would change so Saturday morning Sarah woke up
kind of in a panic she woke up and said I'm late for practice she put on her drill team
uniform and ran out the door she went to the school and discovered that she was early so she
parked in her car and waited for the the rest of her team to show up shortly after the phone call started
where Sarah do you know where she is Sarah was found within an hour where was her body discovered so
her car was still in the parking lot her body was approximately 100 yard away still on the school property part of her
clothing was removed she had nylon stockings tied in a ligature around her her neck I just remember just saying not
Sarah not Sarah not Sarah over and over again the suspect is a white male 6 feet
tall with a medium build they had GNA evidence they had everything they had Witnesses in that first week or so it
sounded like they had so much evidence for at least a short while it felt like of course they're going to catch him and
then when they didn't and they didn't your expectations change you don't know if it's your next
door neighbor you don't know if it's some random stranger there was that constant
fear of is this going to happen again we literally had a monster in the community and we just we didn't know who
it was

A high school student on her way to drill team practice is found murdered on campus. What it took to close the case after 30 years. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

The episode recounts the murder of 16-year-old Sarah Yarboro and its impact on her community.

Key points

The Tragic Case of Sarah Yarboro. 16-year-old Sarah Yarboro was a talented student whose life was tragically cut short.

Episode highlights

The Tragic Case of Sarah Yarboro16-year-old Sarah Yarboro was a talented student whose life was tragically cut short.“This case is about Sarah and everything that she should have been allowed to become.”0:45Nov 16, 2023

Episode quotes

Not Sarah, not Sarah, not Sarah.

A mother's desperate plea upon hearing the news of her daughter's death.

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