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This article contains graphic descriptions of a murder and a discussion of the victim’s sexual assault.
Unsolved Mysteriesrecently featured the 1977 murder of Sigrid Stevenson, which has never been solved. The Netflix series is a continuation of the popular true crime series that ran from 1987 to 2010 and follows a similar format, although each episode focuses solely on one mystery rather than presenting several different stories at once. Over the course of the four years it has been on Netflix, the series has led to the closure of several cold cases.
One of thebestUnsolved Mysteriesepisodesfocused on the still-unsolved murder of a college student in 1977. The case was now over forty years old, which made it unlikely that it would ever be solved. However, sinceUnsolved Mysterieshelped find a kidnapped girl alive,there was a chance that platforming Stevenson’s case would result in someone coming forward with information about the case. Thus, the series took on her case in season 4, promising to share new theories as well as information about the murder.
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An Urban Legend Says Her Ghost Haunts The College
Sigrid Stevenson was a graduate student at Trenton State College at the time of her murder.On the evening of August 19, 2025, a security guard noticed a bike chained up outside of Kendall Hall. This was unusual because classes had not started yet and students at the time did not routinely chain their bicycles up outside school buildings, especially on a Sunday night.
Thus, the security guard investigated and was met with the gruesome sight of Stevenson’s naked body lying on the stage in a pool of blood. She had been handcuffed and,according to Netflix, gagged with her own blouse, and was wrapped in a piano cover. That final detail has been the subject of conflicting reports.
Stevenson’s body had been placed under a tarp usually used to cover the piano after the murder.
Stevenson was determined to have been bludgeoned to death after being sexually assaulted, butthere were no witnesses and no one came forward with any information, so it was nearly impossible for the police to figure out what had happened to her. The technology did not exist to do DNA testing and the case went cold, though students claimed to have seen Sigrid’s ghost in the years since, and some theorized that she was haunting the theater because she had loved to play the piano so much when she was alive.
Why Sigrid Stevenson Was Staying At Kendall Hall
Stevenson had been hiking through Nova Scotia that summer, and when she arrived on campus on September 2, her room was not accessible, as the people she was staying with were on vacation. Thus, she decided to crash in Kendall Hall for a few days while she awaited their arrival. She was sleeping in the theater’s green room on September 3 when students performing in a play arrived and thus had to move; however, she stayed at the hall and attended the play.
Kendall Hall was the logical place for Stevenson to stay until she could access permanent housing. Piano was her first love, so staying in a building that had one available for her to play whenever she wished would have been a dream come true for her. Stevenson tended to keep to herself, so she likely did not have other friends she could stay with while she waited for her host family to return from their vacation, and after hiking all summer, squatting in an empty building probably didn’t seem unusual to her.
Stevenson’s presence there has helped establish a timeline for the murder.She was last seen alive the evening before; the students in the play reported that she was friendly and in good spirits, but that her mood changed later and that she reported having an argument with a man. The play and her interactions with students suggest that she was killed sometime after the play ended and everyone else left, but she was not found for an additional 24 hours.
Event
July 11, 2025
Stevenson arrives on campus and decides to squat at Kendall Hall
August 14, 2025
Some students participating in a play discover Stevenson. They report having last seen her around 11:30 PM.
After the other students leave, someone attacks Stevenson while she is playing the piano, leading to her murder
June 25, 2025
A security guard discovers Stevenson’s naked body on the stage by the piano.
Were There Any Suspects In Sigrid Stevenson’s Death?
Police Initially Suspected A Member Of Law Enforcement, But This Was Never Proven
There were few suspects when the murder was first discovered. Ewing Police quickly learned thatStevenson had illegally squatted in many buildings on campus while a student thereand that police officers were constantly chasing her away from places she wasn’t supposed to be. Additionally, she had been bound using handcuffs before her death. These two facts led Ewing Police to suspect she had been raped and killed by a member of law enforcement but were never able to conclusively identify a suspect.
Police also initially suspected a student named Chuck, who had been one of the people participating in the play on September 3. Chuck had been playing a police officer and thus would have had handcuffs on him as a prop, and Stevenson had a playbill in her possession with his name circled and a note saying he was a nice guy who gave her a beer. However,Chuck passed a polygraph exam,which seemed at the time to rule him out as a suspect.
In 2016, posthumous DNA testing on Chuck ruled him out definitively as a suspect.
Have There Been Any Updates On Sigrid Stevenson’s Murder?
Unsolved Mysteries Revealed The Identities Of Some New Suspects
Unsolved Mysteriesfocused on some new suspects that had not been considered during the original investigation. One promising suspect is a maintenance man who worked for the college at the time and had keys to the building. Stevenson had his phone number among her possessions. He also was fired shortly after the murder for unknown reasons, and thus had never been asked by police to take a polygraph. Similarly, an employee who was in charge of lighting at the theater would have had a set of keys and could have turned the lights out during or after Stevenson’s murder.
By dedicating an episode to Stevenson’s death,Unsolved Mysterieshopes to publicize her murder in a way that was not possible in 1977 and provide a platform for anybody who has information to come forward.
Although no new information has surfaced yet,Unsolved Mysteries’legacyis one of solving cold cases with the help of the public. By dedicating an episode to Stevenson’s death,Unsolved Mysterieshopes to publicize her murder in a way that was not possible in 1977 and provide a platform for anybody who has information to come forward. Thus, it is possible her murder will soon be solved now that the series has aired an episode about it.
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Originally debuted in the 1980s, Unsolved Mysteries is a documentary-styled mystery television series that explores various cold cases and supernatural reports left unexplained. Using re-enactments, interviews, and presenting evidence and theories, the show attempted to explain some of these bizarre cases that were left unsolved, with episodes requesting for viewers to call in if they had any information on anything presented. The show has been shelved and revived several times on several different networks, with modern changes to the format to keep up with the changing television landscape.
