Karen Pipkin Guerrero

So what did he think was going to happen to this when he asked me to bring it home with me? That's my thing is, did he think something was going to come up and it might be important?

So what did he think was going to happen to this when he asked me to bring it home with me? That's my thing is, did he think something was going to come up and it might be important?

Never, never. The only time he ever asked me to hold on to anything was that Silkwood bumper when he was close to passing. And he said, you've got to promise me you will take it. And I don't break promises to anyone, but much less my dad, no. And of all the cases that he did, this was the most important one to him. There was a reason it was important to him.

Never, never. The only time he ever asked me to hold on to anything was that Silkwood bumper when he was close to passing. And he said, you've got to promise me you will take it. And I don't break promises to anyone, but much less my dad, no. And of all the cases that he did, this was the most important one to him. There was a reason it was important to him.

What was that?

What was that?

What was it that just... Well, something bothered him about it.

What was it that just... Well, something bothered him about it.

We're hoping that a fresh look at all of the evidence, the photographs, diagrams, the original accident reports, and now the bumper, might turn up new information. Maybe even get us one step closer to understanding how Karen actually died that night.

We're hoping that a fresh look at all of the evidence, the photographs, diagrams, the original accident reports, and now the bumper, might turn up new information. Maybe even get us one step closer to understanding how Karen actually died that night.

He was so into this case and getting it reconstructed. So maybe this will help prove my dad was right. With the new technology, technology is so advanced today than it was in the 70s. You know, and I want to know that. I want to know that.

He was so into this case and getting it reconstructed. So maybe this will help prove my dad was right. With the new technology, technology is so advanced today than it was in the 70s. You know, and I want to know that. I want to know that.

So do we.

So do we.

Fagan was a baby-faced newbie. He'd been a trooper for just five months and Karen's death was reportedly one of the first fatal car crashes he'd ever investigated.

Fagan was a baby-faced newbie. He'd been a trooper for just five months and Karen's death was reportedly one of the first fatal car crashes he'd ever investigated.

Fagan got down into the ditch. He and a couple of other people tipped the car back on its wheels and pried the driver's side door open so they could pull Karen's body out. Here's how Fagan described the scene to ABC News in 1975.

Fagan got down into the ditch. He and a couple of other people tipped the car back on its wheels and pried the driver's side door open so they could pull Karen's body out. Here's how Fagan described the scene to ABC News in 1975.

Then he drove home. By the time Steve Wodka, Karen's friend and union contact, arrived at the crash site around 11 p.m., everyone was gone. The car had been towed, and all that was left was Karen's Kermagee paycheck in the mud. Eventually, Steve went back to his hotel.

Then he drove home. By the time Steve Wodka, Karen's friend and union contact, arrived at the crash site around 11 p.m., everyone was gone. The car had been towed, and all that was left was Karen's Kermagee paycheck in the mud. Eventually, Steve went back to his hotel.