Cold Case: FBI Wants to Know Who Killed Tammy Zywicki in Missouri

Tammy Zywicki was a college girl who had an exciting future ahead of her. It should have been a routine trip back to the campus she was attending, but it was anything but that. Now, the FBI wants to solve a nearly 32 year mystery of who killed Tammy Zywicki in Missouri.

According to the FBI, Tammy Zywicki was attending college in Grinnell, Iowa and planned to start an internship at the Art Institute in Chicago. According to Uncovered, Tammy was considering a career in sports photography.

Tammy was traveling back to campus on August 23, 1992 when her car broke down on I-80 between 3p and 4:10pm. She was driving a 1985 Pontiac T1000 with New Jersey plates.

According to numerous eyewitnesses, it's possible that as many as 40 passersby stopped by to try and help Tammy during that one hour period, but there is one in particular that the FBI continues to seek. It was a truck driver they describe this way "a white male between 35 and 40 years of age, over six feet tall, with dark, bushy hair."

Tammy Zywicki would never be seen alive again after her contact with this individual.

The FBI says that Tammy's Cannon 35mm camera and a musical wrist watch were never recovered. She also had a soccer club patch which may have been removed from her shorts.

8 days later on September 1, 1992, a man was driving along I-44 near Joplin, Missouri when he stopped his truck to cover tools when it started to rain according to Uncovered. He could smell something awful nearby which is when he noticed a blanket with duct tape on both ends. Inside was the body of Tammy J. Zywicki who had been stabbed to death. 

The FBI hopes that with new technology that Tammy's killer can still be found. There have reportedly been leads, but no one can track down the truck driver of interest. The FBI is now offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. 

Perhaps someone has information that can finally solve this nearly 32 year old cold case and help Tammy's family find some closure. Let's hope the FBI can put all the clues together and finally bring this evil person to justice.