Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook
Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook

Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook

August 25, 2025 2:00am
24:30
Season 3
Episode 15

On Friday, July 13th, 2012, in the tiny town of Evansdale, Iowa, two cousins and best friends, Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10 set off on their bikes. Their grandmother told them to be back in an hour for lunch, but by late afternoon, the girls still had not returned. Concerned, family members called police who searched a nearby lake, where they found the girls' discarded bikes, but there was still no sign of the girls. The case went cold until almost six months later, in December of that year, a hunter found the remains of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook. The girls had been abducted and murdered. The police had a few suspects, but the case remains cold to this day. If you have any information on the murders of Collins and Cook please call the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at 515-725-6010 or email them at dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us.Show Notes:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33035689/

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Duration:24:30
Published:August 25, 2025 2:00am
File Size:22.4 MB
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On Friday, July 13th, 2012, in the tiny town of Evansdale, Iowa, two cousins and best friends, Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10 set off on their bikes. Their grandmother told them to be back in an hour for lunch, but by late afternoon, the girls still had not returned. Concerned, family members called police who searched a nearby lake, where they found the girls' discarded bikes, but there was still no sign of the girls. The case went cold until almost six months later, in December of th...

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