MOORHEAD - Sharon Stafford was found dead in her home in the Dulski Mobile Home Park in Moorhead on Nov. 2, 1993.
Police said at the time that there were signs of a struggle and the 26-year-old had been strangled with an electrical chord.
A retiring police detective said in 1999 authorities had a pretty good idea of who committed the crime, but the trail and investigation turned cold.
Now, police are hoping for a thaw.
Stafford's case is one of 52 cold cases from around the state featured on playing cards the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is distributing to prisons and jails.
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The idea was borrowed from other parts of the country where it has been helpful in solving cases, said Ryan Nelson, a Moorhead police detective who inherited the Stafford case in 2005.
"When you have a case this old, anything that comes in could be helpful. It might be that one, little piece we need to track someone down," said Nelson.
Read Wednesday's Forum for details.
