Cynthia Kane-Clark was 27 when she was found dead on the living room couch of her West Warwick, Rhode Island apartment on the morning of November 9, 2002. Her young daughter discovered her covered by a blanket; investigators determined Cynthia died of a single gunshot wound to the head, likely while she slept. This was the town’s first homicide in about four years.

Neighbors reported hearing a parking-lot argument the night before, and one neighbor claimed to have seen a man with blood on his hands being taken away by police, a detail that was never officially confirmed. Attention turned to Cynthia’s 30-year-old friend Dawn Shippee, with whom Cynthia had a strained, alcohol-fueled relationship; police searched Dawn’s Coventry home about two and a half weeks after the killing and seized a spent round and other items.

About six weeks after Cynthia’s murder, Dawn Shippee was found dead in the Wood River in Exeter; her death was also ruled a homicide. More than 60 people were interviewed but no arrests have been announced and both cases remain cold. Did anyone in West Warwick or the surrounding towns have contact with Cynthia or Dawn around November 2002 who hasn’t spoken to investigators?