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Monday Crime Stories: An old VHS tape offers new clues in Sylvia Salinas murder

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Sylvia Salinas was working behind the counter at her family’s grocery store in Galveston, Texas, when she was fatally stabbed through the heart on Halloween day in 1989. The investigation of the 30-year-old’s murder turned cold decades ago, but the work of a TV reporter and Salina’s great niece has revealed new clues in an …

Can a VHS tape help solve cold case? Nearly 30 years later, police re-evaluate preserved video of Halloween murder

Cold Cases

May 18, 2018

Can a VHS tape help solve cold case? Nearly 30 years later, police re-evaluate preserved video of Halloween murder

On Halloween day in 1989, 30-year-old Sylvia Salinas, of Galveston, Texas, was stabbed to death through the heart behind a register at the grocery store she owned. Nearly 30 years later, the cold case is coming to light again after the murder victim’s great niece, Christine Taylor, contacted a local news station after seeing a …

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Monday Crime Stories: An old VHS tape offers new clues in Sylvia Salinas murder

Can a VHS tape help solve cold case? Nearly 30 years later, police re-evaluate preserved video of Halloween murder