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Aug 2023
37m 5s

Into the Smoke: The Murder of Ronli Ratl...

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In the early morning hours of April 15, 2004, firefighters discovered a body of a young woman in a house in Indiana's Morgan County. That young woman was 24-year-old Ronli Ratliff. Investigators quickly determined that she had been the victim of a homicide, but no one has ever been charged with her murder. All these years later, her aunt Kim Sink is still fighting for justice. In this episode, we'll hear from her.

A 2022 article from the Reporter-Times on Ronli’s case: https://www.reporter-times.com/story/news/local/2023/04/18/ronli-ratliff-murder-case-remains-unsolved-19-years-later/70121981007/

The Unsolved Mysteries episode on Ronli: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/dead-by-dawn/

CBS 4 coverage of the case from 2015: https://cbs4indy.com/news/tonight-at-11-indy-unsolved-killer-sought-in-2004-death-of-indiana-woman-whose-body-was-found-in-burning-home/

Fox59’s 2022 coverage of the case: https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/momentum-builds-to-solve-2004-mooresville-killing-of-young-woman/

Check out Kim Sink's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ronliratliff/

Reach out to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office here: https://www.in.gov/sheriffs/morgan/crime-tips/

You can also call the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at 317-572-8477..

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