Did 8-Year-Old Mindy Tran’s Killer Get Away with Murder?
Most people who are interested in true crime are well aware of the Amber Hagerman case, the little girl who was abducted and killed while riding her bike, inspiring the creation of the Amber alert. However, the murder of 8-year-old Mindy Tran, which happened just two years prior to Amber’s death, is a much lesser-known story with so many eerie similarities. Mindy was a little girl from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, who would go missing on August 17th, 1994, while riding her pink bicycle to her friend’s house to play.
Her body would be discovered six weeks later in a shallow grave only a few blocks away from her house, hidden amongst the brush. Witnesses reported seeing a man in the area carrying a large, heavy suitcase with him. The belief was this man had killed Mindy and transported her body to the woods in this suitcase. Identified as Shannon Murrin, a man who lived in the same duplex as Mindy’s friend, the investigation into this suspect and what happened to Mindy Tran would lead to so many shocking revelations — including a possible police cover-up and a love affair within the jury.
To this day, the Mindy Tran murder remains unsolved.
