Tammy Zywicki
Tammy Zywicki was only 21
The last time she saw the setting sun
I cannot imagine the pain in her eyes
Not knowing if the next day she'd still be alive.
You see, she dropped off her brother at school in Illinois
Before proceeding to drive herself to school in Iowa
When her car broke down in Interstate 80
Won't someone stop and help a young lady?
Unfortunately, this beautiful young woman
Wouldn't make it to Grinnel College
Which is where she was going.
Someone unfortunatley did pick her up
Near Utica Illinois, where her car had given up
It was August 23rd, 1992, and a man in a semi
Took her with him.
They stopped at a truck stop in Peru Illinois
Then went on their way...
And he took her to Hell.
On September 1st, 1992, her body was found
Along state hwy 44, in rural Lawrence Co. Missouri.
She was wrapped in a blanket.
She had been stabbed to death.
I'll never understand how someone could bring harm
To a nice young lady
To prey on the innocent
To commit a crime so heinous
It's completely despicable.
After 17 years, her murder remains unsolved
17 years of no peace for her family
Or for her mother's broken heart.
The only thing of which I am certain
Is that Tammy herself is no longer hurting
For when this young woman breathed her last breath
Flights of Angels, winged her to rest.
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LINKS:
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seekinfo/zywicki.htm
http://crime.about.com/od/unsolved/p/zywicki.htm
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