| Woman was found nude, strangled on side of Roane County road
By Kathryn Gregory
wvgazette.com
WALTON, W.Va. - A few snowflakes rode on the breeze as Sgt. Bobby Eggleton walked across a grassy spot beside U.S. 119 south of Spencer. It was quiet, except for the hum of an occasional passing car.
Thirteen years earlier, the lifeless body of a woman lay sprawled in this grass -- naked and with the telltale marks of strangulation ringing her neck.
Eggleton stopped in the center of the wide spot by the road: "This is where we found her," the Charleston police officer said.
The woman's name was Terry Clark. She was 41 and lived in Charleston. Her killing went unsolved, and the trail turned cold.
In spring 2000, Charleston Lt. S.A. Cooper, a detective at the time, said, "We are confident -- because of the evidence we have in place -- that we may be one tip away from solving this crime."
But that tip never came...until now...
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