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UNEXPLAINED DEATH
MEGAN CURL


Broadcast Date: December 10, 2001

SYNOPSIS: At approximately 2:20 a.m. on March 26, 2000, Megan Curl, 26, opened her apartment door, less than a foot wide, to her concerned friend and neighbor. The friend could tell something was wrong. There was a strange man in Megan's apartment standing behind Megan. Her friend asked her if everything was all right and Megan said it was, so the friend said goodnight. That was the last time anyone, except Megan's killer, saw her alive. Within a couple of hours, a neighbor saw smoke coming from Megan's window and called the Fire Department. What firefighters found was not just a fire, but a horribly gruesome crime scene: Megan had her hands and feet tied to the bed with panty hose and a belt. Her throat had been slit - twice - almost to the bone. A garbage bag had been placed over her head, her bed had been set on fire and her body was charred.

Just a few hours before, Megan was doing what she loved best, dancing at the Electric Cowboy, a club in Lufkin, Texas. She went almost every Friday or Saturday night and though she usually went alone, she was a regular and had plenty of friends at the club. On this particular night she was asked to leave, an unusual event for this normally friendly, gregarious young person. She met a friend outside and although Megan had planned on walking the few blocks to the nearby Sports Shack bar, this unidentified friend dropped her off there. Later, a male friend, drove her home.

As was her custom, Megan went to her girlfriend's apartment to recap the evening. The two had been talking for a few minutes when a dark colored car came screeching into the parking lot. Megan looked at the car and said that she thought it was a male friend of hers from the club. She ran downstairs and got in the car. Megan's friend went inside to get a snack and when she came back out, the car was still there but Megan and the driver were gone. Concerned, her friend went to Megan's apartment and knocked on the door. The strange greeting she received still mystifies her. What was going on in that apartment? Her friend did not recognize the man.

Police have a composite sketch of a man spotted buying Megan drinks all night at the Electric Cowboy. He is depicted as having dark hair and olive complexion and may be partly Hispanic. He wore a cowboy hat. However, the description that Megan's neighbor gave of the man she saw in Megan's apartment differs significantly from that of the man Megan was seen with at the bar.

There is a $5,000 reward leading to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for Megan's death. If you have any information about the death of Megan Curl, please contact the Lufkin, Texas Police Department or call the Unsolved Mysteries hotline, 1-800-876-5353.


Unidentified Subjects

UNIDENTIFIED SUBJECTS

At left is a composite sketch of the man seen in Megan's apartment: He is the prime suspect in the murder of Megan Curl. The man is white, in his mid-twenties to early-thirties, with blonde hair and a light moustache. The suspect's hair could be cropped. He may wear gold-rimmed glasses.

The sketch on the right is of the man seen talking to Megan at the bar. He has a dark complexion and dark hair and may possibly be Hispanic. This man is not viewed as a suspect. Investigators simply want to question him about what he may have seen on that night.



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