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In 1989, 24-year-old Alberta Williams was found dead along the Highway of Tears near Prince Rupert, B.C. Police never caught her killer.

Twenty-seven years later, her unsolved murder continues to haunt her family — and the retired cop who says he knows who did it.

An eight-part CBC News podcast goes back through the police files, interviews new witnesses and uncovers never before seen details.

S1 Episode 1: The Tip

Reporter Connie Walker meets face to face with the person who sent her a tip about Alberta Williams’ unsolved murder. Find out why they’re breaking their silence, and meet the sister who’s still haunted by vivid memories of Alberta’s disappearance.

S1 Episode 2: The Investigation

Combing through old police notebooks, Walker tries to piece together what happened on the night Alberta vanished. She discovers that even before Alberta’s body was found, one of the people interviewed hinted at a “tragic accident”.

S1 Episode 3: A Suspect

Reporter Connie Walker tracks down the person police suspected in the murder of Alberta Williams.

S1 Episode 4: The Brothers

New details emerge about the last night Alberta was seen alive. Reporter Connie Walker speaks to a key witness who has never been interviewed by police about what he saw the night Alberta disappeared.

S1 Episode 5: The Black Truck

A shocking new revelation surfaces about people seeing Alberta in a mysterious black truck after she was thought to have disappeared. The tip propels investigative reporter Connie Walker north, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

S1 Episode 6: The Taxi Driver

Connie Walker finds the cabbie who people told us they saw with Alberta and her uncle Jack the night after she’s thought to have vanished. While talking to Walker the taxi driver discloses something surprising about his DNA.

S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part One)

A closer examination of old RCMP notebooks yields new details about a mysterious phone call from a woman who knew where Alberta’s body was concealed, days before her body was actually found.

S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part Two)

Digging deeper into old police notes, Connie Walker tries to find out what happened to a pile of bloody clothes matching a description of what Alberta was wearing on the night she disappeared.

S1 Episode 8: Resilience

Connie Walker questions police about DNA evidence, and learns that after nearly three decades, their seemingly stagnant investigation has become “very active”, as a result of new information brought to light in this podcast.