Unsolved Homicide: Cathy Swartz

When a young mother is murdered in her Michigan home, the brutality of the crime is unprecedented in her small community. An enduring mystery remains unsolved despite a wealth of evidence in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

MAY 2023 UPDATE: On April 30, 2023, investigators arrested 53-year-old Robert Odell Waters of Beaufort, South Carolina in relation to the brutal 1988 murder of young mother Cathy Swartz. Waters was charged with Open Murder, and taken into custody. A week later, on May 6th, 2023, he was found deceased in his jail cell. For information on the investigation and how Waters was identified as a suspect, see our update episode which aired on May 4th, 2023.

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