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Nebraska Cop Bob Frank Nabs His Old Friend For A 32-Year-Old Murder
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:00 am
It was 1977 when Bob Frank first got wind of Sadiee May McReynolds's murder. He was just 17-years-old at the time -- a senior at North Platte High School in Nebraska. "It went through the school like wildfire," Frank recently told the North Platte Telegraph.
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| As a high school student, Jeff Glazebrook sexually assaulted and murdered a 97-year-old woman |
McReynolds lived just down the street from the high school, where she used to the teach. She was 97-years-old the day she was attacked. Someone had broken into her house, sexually assaulted her and then left her bleeding on her living room floor. She died just two weeks later. The police never found her killer...
Frank was fascinated by the murder. Everyday after school, he'd get in his truck and drive by McReynolds' house. But he wasn't the only one who frequented the old crime scene.
In junior high, Frank had been good friends with Jeff Glazebrook. The two ran cross country together. By sophomore year in high school, much had changed. Glazebrook began running with an older crowd and partying hard. "He went from being just one of the guys to being an outsider in just a few months," Frank said.
After high school, Frank lost touch with Glazebrook. The two went completely separate ways. Frank moved on to became an investigator for the Nebraska State Patrol's Cold Case Unit. That's when Frank came across the McReynolds case for the first time in almost twenty years.
In 1996, his supervisor suggested he review the case -- see what they missed, have the evidence analyzed by a DNA lab. That's when Frank discovered the truth about his long lost friend Glazebrook.
Apparently, the year after they graduated, Glazebrook was convicted of assault. He had attacked a woman in her home with a hammer. Glazebrook served ten years before landing back in prison in 1987 for sexual assault and then later, burglary. Frank was also shocked to learn that Glazebrook was one of the main suspects in the McReynolds's murder.
For almost a decade, the McReynolds's murder became Frank's pet case. He continually sent evidence to the lab to be analyzed, conducted numerous interviews, and appeared on television and in newspapers asking the public for any further leads.
By 2008, Frank had all the DNA evidence and witnesses he needed to prove that Glazebrook was, in fact, McReynold's killer.
Last week, Glazebrook was sentenced to life in prison, bringing a close to one of the oldest cold cases in Nebraska. Frank didn't attend the sentencing. "I've already replaced [this case] with another one," he said.
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