The killing of Michelle Wyatt | True Crime Files [Video]

SANTEE, Calif. — On October 8, 1980, Michelle Wyatt and her boyfriend played pool inside of the garage at her Santee apartment building on Kerrigan Court. 

Wyatt’s boyfriend left that night and the 20-year-old went back to her apartment. 

It was the last time that anyone other than the man who brutally raped and killed her would see her alive.

The killer entered her home sometime in the early morning hours of October 9. There were no signs of forced entry.

Neighbors heard screaming — but no one called 911. 

The following day, Wyatt’s roommate returned to the apartment. The newspaper still sat on the doorstep. The front door was ajar. The roommate walked in to find a grisly scene. Her friend Wyatt was dead, strangled to death with a telephone cord. 

Detectives worked the scene. While Wyatt’s purse …