ARLINGTON, Texas – A Little Rock woman’s cold case has finally been solved after nearly 40 years.
On Valentine’s Day in 1985, 22-year-old Terri McAdams was raped and killed in Arlington, Texas. The former Central High graduate and Razorback undergrad had only been in Texas for half a year when her family got news of her murder.
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Arlington police said an attacker managed to enter McAdams’ ground-floor apartment through a sliding door, but they were unable to determine who was responsible until this year. Terri’s younger sister, Karen Hopper, said there were stretches of years when she lost hope.
“She was a great big sister, and she looked out for me,” Hopper recalled. “Once she passed away, I sort of had to take that role.”
Hopper has been protecting her sister’s memory since her sister and later parents died, calling the police for decades before authorities shared the breakthrough they made this summer…