Feb 12, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
Louisiana State Police Investigator Stefan Montgomery continues his work on the 1982 cold case murder of Roxanne Sharp. On the 44th anniversary of the discovery of Roxanne's body at the Covington…
Pete BurkhalterGuestStephan MontgomeryGuestNo investigator is taking a 40-plus year cold case to a DA to consider unless there is something there.
So he's not going to tell me what is there, but he is saying something is there.
I asked him, what was the one thing you haven't been able to answer that you can tell us about now?
And I don't know what it is, but I know that people are creatures of habit.
And, you know, you can equate that to today with people and their cell phones.
So, you know, the question that it opens is, did the person who killed her take it as a trophy from the crime scene? Or did something happen somewhere else which led to her ultimate death in those woods across from the fairgrounds?
Throughout this process, there were many times where I felt like he was holding me and as a result, the listener at bay.
That means we are coming at this from slightly different directions, and I have worked hard to respect that.
Throughout this, I've tried to clearly point out when I was speculating, and this is one of those times.
He has not said much about that purse or the lighter since we did the episode that featured them.
But now as I listen to that clip, I'm guessing that their part of this story, the purse and the lighter, may not be finished.
A long time ago, for a variety of reasons we will not get into in this podcast, I dropped out of law school in the first semester.
But if the story goes forward, and if I'm going to continue to tell it, then we are all going to need some basic law schooling.
I asked a friend of mine who is a successful attorney if he would help me out.
No investigator is taking a 40-plus year cold case to a DA to consider unless there is something there.
So he's not going to tell me what is there, but he is saying something is there.
I asked him, what was the one thing you haven't been able to answer that you can tell us about now?
And I don't know what it is, but I know that people are creatures of habit.
And, you know, you can equate that to today with people and their cell phones.
So, you know, the question that it opens is, did the person who killed her take it as a trophy from the crime scene? Or did something happen somewhere else which led to her ultimate death in those woods across from the fairgrounds?
Throughout this process, there were many times where I felt like he was holding me and as a result, the listener at bay.
That means we are coming at this from slightly different directions, and I have worked hard to respect that.
Throughout this, I've tried to clearly point out when I was speculating, and this is one of those times.
He has not said much about that purse or the lighter since we did the episode that featured them.
But now as I listen to that clip, I'm guessing that their part of this story, the purse and the lighter, may not be finished.
A long time ago, for a variety of reasons we will not get into in this podcast, I dropped out of law school in the first semester.
But if the story goes forward, and if I'm going to continue to tell it, then we are all going to need some basic law schooling.
I asked a friend of mine who is a successful attorney if he would help me out.
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