On the night of January 2, 1995, 19-year-old Michele Cartagena and her 22-year-old boyfriend Patrick Hendrickson were ambushed while parked at a lovers’ lane known as the Point near Lake Juliette in Monroe County, Georgia. Michele, a Mercer University sophomore who had been a high school valedictorian and played tennis and softball, was shot multiple times when an unknown man, later identified as Andrew Allen Cook, opened fire with an AR-15 and then a nine-millimeter handgun.

Both victims were found the next morning by campers. Investigators recovered numerous shell casings and DNA from saliva on Michele’s leg; those items helped link the crime to Cook. According to the case account, Cook dragged Michele’s body from the car, partially undressed her, and fled. He was arrested and charged with the murders after Cook’s father, an FBI agent, reported his suspicions to authorities and later testified at trial.

What details do readers recall about the Point or the early investigation that might help fill in gaps about that night?