ive ▁personal ized ▁license ▁plate ▁that ▁gave ▁the ▁case ▁its ▁name , ▁" LI L ▁M I SS ". ▁ ▁Case ▁history ▁K imm ell ▁was ▁working ▁in ▁Den ver , ▁Colorado ▁at ▁an ▁Ar by ' s , ▁and ▁left ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁for ▁her ▁parents ' ▁home ▁in ▁Bill ings , ▁Mont ana . ▁She ▁planned ▁to ▁stop ▁in ▁C ody , ▁Wy oming , ▁along ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁her ▁boy friend . ▁Wy oming ▁Highway ▁Pat rol ▁records ▁showed ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁stopped ▁for ▁speed ing ▁in ▁Douglas , ▁Wy oming , ▁just ▁before ▁she ▁disappeared . ▁Though ▁un ver ified , ▁some ▁witness es ▁reported ▁seeing ▁her ▁later ▁that ▁evening ▁near ▁Cas per . ▁ ▁E ight ▁days ▁later ▁her ▁body ▁was ▁found ▁floating ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁Pl atte ▁River ▁near ▁Cas per , ▁Wy oming , ▁by ▁a ▁local ▁fish erman . ▁An ▁aut ops y ▁determined ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁bound , ▁be aten ▁and ▁ra ped , ▁for ▁at ▁least ▁six ▁days . ▁Ev idence ▁showed ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁then ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁Old ▁Government ▁Bridge ▁( ), ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁hit ▁on ▁the ▁head ▁with ▁a ▁bl unt ▁object , ▁st ab bed ▁six ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁ch est ▁and ▁ab d omen , ▁before ▁being ▁thrown ▁into ▁the ▁river . ▁The ▁aut ops y ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁head ▁w ound ▁would ▁have ▁killed ▁her ▁in ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁minutes ▁even ▁if ▁she ▁had