Cold Case

Bust it.

* this here's a jam for all the fellas *

* try to do what those ladies tell us *

* get shot down 'cause you're overzealous *

* play hard to get females get jealous *

* okay, smarty, go to a party *

* girls are scantily clad and showing body *

* chick walks by you, wish you could sex her *

* but you're standin' by the wall like you was Poindexter *

* next day's function high-class luncheon *

* food is served and you're stone-cold munchin' *

* music comes on, people start to dance... *

Big smile.

* sits down next to you and starts talkin' *

* says she wants to dance... *

I can't wait to be alone with you.

You say that to all the girls.

Uh-uh, just the hot ones.

Let's keep those mitts up where I can see them, Cole.

Yes, siree.

Do I smell alcohol? Not on me.

I swear on my mom. I don't even like the taste of it.

Maybe we should take a walk.

He's in good hands, Mr. Burke.

Got my eye on him.

* ...Your lonely condition lookin' for love *

* in all the wrong places *

* no fly girls... *

And McKinley high's new prom queen is:

Felicia Grant.

* oh, how could I have known *

* that all my life I only... *

I wish this night would never end.

* oh, almost paradise *

* we're knocking on heaven's door... *

Ms. Jacobs, principal Burke, this is

Detective rush.

I know you're busy here, so from one overworked

Civil servant to another, I want to thank you

For your time. What's up?

Uh, Ms. Jacobs is faculty advisor

To the prom committee at McKinley this year.

Citywide budget cuts are forcing us to get creative with a theme.

I was sorting through

Some decorations stored in the basement,

Hoping to recycle some.

Found a disposable camera in a box from the '89 prom.

We had it developed.

Thought it'd be fun to see

What the styles looked like back then.

Surprised the photos came out.

Us, too,

And then we noticed that she was in almost every shot.

So who was she?

Felicia Grant,

Killed by a hit-and-run the same night

She was crowned prom queen.

Never found who did it.

I pulled the accident investigation division file.

The original Detective figured she was hit

By a drunk driver a few miles from the school.

Prom queen didn't have a ride?

Well, according to the file, her boyfriend was

"too drunk to drive home."

Cole Austen. That, I can attest to.

So you were there?

I was assistant principal back then; chaperoned prom.

We were all shocked.

Felicia handed Cole off to friends at 11:30.

Said she'd catch a ride.

An hour later she was dead.

No one saw her leave? I would have been there, but a student

Fell off the bandstand.

Spent most of the night in the Er.

Is this the last photo?

Outside the gym.

Everyone always thought that Felicia ended up

Walking home from the school.

But look at the clock.

Its says 12:15. Motorist spotted

Her body on the side of the road about three miles

From the school; Called it in at 12:30.

There's no way she could have

Walked three miles in 15 minutes.

Someone had to give her a ride.

Whoever took this picture was the last to see her alive.

Hmm...

Or her killer.

Felicia Grant, 17,

Hit by a car on old York road

Walking home from the prom

In '89. Yeah, broken

Neck, hip, and pelvis.

Multiple skull fractures and internal bleeding.

Whoever hit her must have been hauling.

I've seen a car going 30 do some real damage.

It's all about where you get hit, not how.

Aid tagged it as a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.

Kids from the prom alibi'd out.

Most went to an afterparty together.

The last photo suggests someone she knew picked her up.

Talk to the parents? Father passed away.

Mother remarried, moved to Miami.

Trying to find her.

I don't remember dressing this badly in High School.

You mean compared to now? Well, how'd you guys

Do it back in the day, will?

What, did Moses just hold a candle

While you guys danced?

Had our prom

At the Bellevue hotel.

Took a lovely, young Betty named Pennie Joe McVicker.

So fine, make a blind man see.

You ever wonder what happened to her?

Married, five kids, twice my size.

Oh.

What about you, boss?

I quit school before the prom. Went in the Navy.

What about you, Lil?

Never went. Not my thing.

Well, I was prom king,

But I lost my crown when I, uh...

Well, when I got caught streaking.

You streaked at your prom? Yeah.

Mrs. Kaye saw my junk and fainted.

Well, aid found silver

Paint chips on the dress.

Assigned checked all the body shops within a 20-mile radius.

Nothing ever surfaced. Well, whoever did it

Might have waited a few years till the heat cooled

And then fixed their ride.

Reinterview Felicia's inner circle.

Find out who took that last photo.

Updating your Facebook page?

Ah, just an old narcotics case.

Gonna talk to Suzie hill,

The prom queen's best friend.

Want to come? Sure.

Suzie looks fun.

Uh, my oldest, Tess, is at cheerleading practice.

I'm going to need to grab her soon.

Um...

Hey, how many times do I have to tell you, no running

In the house?!

Anything stand out to you about

This photo, Suzie?

Sorry.

Seeing Felicia brings back a lot of memories.

I don't know why she was still there.

The school had a strict midnight curfew.

Didn't you wonder where she went

After prom? Thought Felicia caught a ride;

We'd all hook up later at the party. Best friends

And you don't even check up on each other?

We were both sort of caught up in our dates that night.

If I knew she needed me, I would have been there.

When was the last time you saw her?

When she won prom queen.

I was so happy for her.

When we were little girls, we used to dress up, act like we

Were queens and, now, she was one.

All sugar, no Spice?

She could throw down.

Felicia wanted something, she went for it.

She always got it.

Probably made a few enemies, too?

She was popular.

People's feelings get hurt.

We were all so young and thoughtless back then.

* hey, hey, hey, hey *

* ooh... * hey, girl.

You know Lee.

Love that dress on you.

I'm going to go grab a drink.

Coolio. I'm good.

* won't you come see about me? *

I can't believe you brought that weirdo,

Lee Mavoides. Easy for you to say.

You weren't dumped two minutes before prom,

Miss has-her-whole-life planned-out.

Whatever. I got to know him in art class.

He's not that bad.

Has that whole Christian Slater thing going on.

I got your letter. What'd you say?

I got your letter,

And I like you, too.

He fell for it!

What a loser.

Why don't you go home and hump your pillow,

Nerd!

You just wanted to screw with me!

What a loser!

* don't, don't, don't, don't... *

I haven't thought of Corky in years.

Everyone always picked on him,

But I think that night was it for him.

How so?

We never saw him again.

He was so mad at Felicia, thought she made a fool of him.

Where were you after the prom?