Christine Vu, 26, was found murdered on September 17, 1996, in her apartment at the Peartree complex in Arlington, Texas. A third-grade teacher at Morton Elementary, she had a Bachelor of Science in Education from Texas Tech University and was working toward a master’s degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. Family and colleagues described her as quiet, caring, and devoted to her students and family.

Christine’s body was discovered bound with duct tape and submerged in a half-filled bathtub; the cause of death was strangulation. Three months later, on December 24, 1996, 22-year-old Wendie Prescott, another Peartree Apartments resident, was found killed in a nearly identical manner. The similarity of the scenes led investigators to link the two cases.

In 1999 a man arrested in an unrelated burglary had his fingerprints and DNA matched to evidence from both crime scenes. He was later convicted of capital murder in Wendie Prescott’s death; he was charged but never tried for Christine Vu’s murder. Anyone who knew Christine or has information about her case is asked to come forward.