'Unsolved Mysteries' Volume 4 explores cold-blooded murder of Sigrid Stevenson that haunted TCNJ students
TCNJ music student Sigrid Stevenson was brutally beaten to death in September 1977
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By Roxanne Fequiere July 31, 2024
''On the evening of Sept. 4, 1977, the Trenton State College (now known as The College of New Jersey) campus was quiet. Classes had yet to resume for the academic year, so the dorms weren’t packed with scores of rowdy undergrads. Because no students were supposed to be on the New Jersey campus, Officer Thomas Kokotajlo of the Trenton State Campus Police was intrigued by a women’s bike chained to the railing in front of Kendall Hall during his patrol. Kokotajlo made his way through the building’s dark halls to its theater, where he spotted something on stage. At first, he thought the figure, which resembled someone sleeping, was a prop for some upcoming production. But on closer inspection, he noticed the large pool of blood. A young woman had been murdered — and more than four decades later, authorities have still not determined who committed the crime. Unsolved Mysteries Volume 4, Episode 4 “Murder Center Stage,” revisits the perplexities of this case, speaking to those who investigated it in the ‘70s as well as the detectives who picked it up decades later.''
''Detectives suspected that when Sigrid was attacked, she was playing piano with her back to whoever approached. They also believed that she was sexually assaulted, because she was found with her underwear off and her blouse tied around her mouth. A vaginal swab revealed the presence of sperm on the body. The deputy medical examiner determined Sigrid was beaten repeatedly with a blunt object and suffered bruises and lacerations to the head and body. She also had symmetrical Trenton State College on her wrists, which could have been from handcuffs. Sigrid was found wrapped in a piano blanket; despite the amount of blood at the scene, police didn’t find any footprints or fingerprints.''
What happened to Sigrid Stevenson? Subject of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries
The chilling case from the '70s is the focus in volume four.
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The night before her death, Stevenson attended a play at Kendall Hall and the following night, a campus police officer noticed her bike chained to the fence, before entering the building and discovering Stevenson’s body.''
