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Laura Bernstein was 22 when she and her husband Brian were killed at a Yuma, Arizona rest stop on September 10, 1991. The couple, recent Cornell graduates en route to graduate school at UCLA, were approached by two men who intended to rob them. Dickens waited in a car, then drove through the rest stop to check for witnesses before picking up Amaral and fleeing.

The case was later linked to Amaral and Dickens when Amaral made a disclosure during a 1992 San Diego investigation into unrelated crimes. Dickens was charged with felony murder and armed robbery for his role in the killings and was sentenced to death. Are there details about the victims’ last hours or the rest stop that anyone can add?