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I'm Peter Van sand and on the next 48 hours this is Saluda North Carolina back during the Confederacy this was a
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bustling railroad town and today if you take a look it's a beautiful tourist destination wonderful restaurants
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wonderful shops but I'm not here for the food I'm here because of a tragic murder
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that occurred about 2 miles up this road right here back in 2011 involving a Woman by the name of Vanessa Mintz
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someone I never met but I've come to greatly care for because of the remarkable family that she's a part of
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Vanessa was working the night shift at the family business the Saluda Mountain Lodge when she was discovered in the
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morning by one of her daughters she'd been shot twice Vanessa Mintz shot this is a woman who was deeply religious
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worked in real estate helped consult local beauty queens everyone knew Vanessa everyone loved her so who would
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kill Vanessa Mintz in a place where murders are unheard of well her husband was about 12 miles away he rushed over
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to the scene along with her two daughters and as they describe what they discovered it is as powerful a moment as
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I've ever experienced on 48 hours we investigators also converged on the scene and they found on the floor of the
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office right by Vanessa's body a shell identical to this one this is a spent shotgun shell had the killer left a
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calling card they focus on that shell they discover the shotgun that it came from then they discover a suspect a man
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a local man who had a secret life did that secret life somehow cause the death of Vanessa mince it's an intriguing
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murder mystery full of emotion the very powerful ending I hope you'll watch