{"id":1314,"date":"2022-04-18T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showcase.lsa.umich.edu\/history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=1314"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:04:17","slug":"what-happened-to-cynthia-scott-a-brutal-murder-blatant-coverup-and-cries-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/what-happened-to-cynthia-scott-a-brutal-murder-blatant-coverup-and-cries-for-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Cynthia Scott? 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