Anyone remember a Kingston, TN case?

[NellieBlyArmy]

My grandmother phoned the tip line on this case. She called up and said, I quote, "We all know who did it, everyone's just too scared to say 'cause of who his daddy is." I got curious as to if it ever got solved, but I can't find the case. Here's what mom and I remember about the case, but I'm not sure how much was in the actual segment:

It happened in Kingston, TN and was a recent case when it aired (I think late '80s or early '90s). There was a girl in her late teens or early twenties who was kind of a druggie. She started hanging out with a crowd of rich kids who always had drugs on them. Eventually they killed her and stuffed her in a trash can. She was burned, but I'm not sure if that's how she died.

There's a small chance it wasn't actually "Unsolved Mysteries," but it was a show with a tip line. The segment was being aired to find out who committed the crime, so I don't think it was "America's Most Wanted." Does this ring any bells?

[MegtheEgg86]

Originally Posted by NellieBlyArmy

My grandmother phoned the tip line on this case. She called up and said, I quote, "We all know who did it, everyone's just too scared to say 'cause of who his daddy is." I got curious as to if it ever got solved, but I can't find the case. Here's what mom and I remember about the case, but I'm not sure how much was in the actual segment:

It happened in Kingston, TN and was a recent case when it aired (I think late '80s or early '90s). There was a girl in her late teens or early twenties who was kind of a druggie. She started hanging out with a crowd of rich kids who always had drugs on them. Eventually they killed her and stuffed her in a trash can. She was burned, but I'm not sure if that's how she died.

There's a small chance it wasn't actually "Unsolved Mysteries," but it was a show with a tip line. The segment was being aired to find out who committed the crime, so I don't think it was "America's Most Wanted." Does this ring any bells?

If I had seen it, I would've remembered it. I used to live in Kingston, five miles from the steam plant.

[TracyLynnS]

I searched the unsolved wikia, google, and did a bit of searching on City-Data and didn't find anything on this case. Hopefully someone else remembers more details and can do a better search.

The only UM murder segment that occurred in TN that I can recall where the locals were intimidated by the killer was the Signal Mountain ATV murders, which definitely doesn't sound like the case you're looking for.

[Kane]

Originally Posted by NellieBlyArmy

My grandmother phoned the tip line on this case. She called up and said, I quote, "We all know who did it, everyone's just too scared to say 'cause of who his daddy is." I got curious as to if it ever got solved, but I can't find the case. Here's what mom and I remember about the case, but I'm not sure how much was in the actual segment:

It happened in Kingston, TN and was a recent case when it aired (I think late '80s or early '90s). There was a girl in her late teens or early twenties who was kind of a druggie. She started hanging out with a crowd of rich kids who always had drugs on them. Eventually they killed her and stuffed her in a trash can. She was burned, but I'm not sure if that's how she died.

There's a small chance it wasn't actually "Unsolved Mysteries," but it was a show with a tip line. The segment was being aired to find out who committed the crime, so I don't think it was "America's Most Wanted." Does this ring any bells?

I cannot recall an UM segment that involved someone's body being stuffed in a trash can, so I question whether it was ever on UM. However, AMW has featured a lot of "whodunit" cases in addition to fugitive cases, so there's a 50/50 chance that it was on AMW.

[NellieBlyArmy]

Oh, I didn't realize AMW had whodunnit cases. Maybe it was that, then.

Thanks for everyone's input!