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  • Call her Detective Selena Gomez. 2

  • The pop superstar is doing what she can 3

  • to solve a 39 year old cold case murder. 4

  • She attended a true crime convention in Chicago 5

  • called Crimecon which brought together 6

  • 300 amateur detectives to investigate 7

  • long forgotten criminal cases. 8

  • Gomez delved into the slaying of Kurt Sova, 9

  • a 17 year old high school student from Cleveland 10

  • who went missing in October 1981 11

  • after attending a Halloween party. 12

  • His body was discovered five days later in a ravine. 13

  • The unsolved murder case is getting new life 14

  • after these college kids studying criminology 15

  • at Tiffin University 16

  • chose to probe it for their school project. 17

  • With a fresh set of eyes looking at it 30 years later, 18

  • we have seen things that people have either 19

  • missed or haven't looked at prior. 20

  • They're working closely 21

  • with the local police department. 22

  • By bringing in some students from Tiffin University, 23

  • they look at it through a different lens. 24

  • Kurt Sova's brother Kevin 25

  • is grateful for the newfound attention on the case. 26

  • Obviously I'm glad because we have no closure to it. 27

  • On a serious note, I'm very overwhelmed. 28

  • They all attended Crimecon 29

  • where they worked hand in hand with Selena Gomez 30

  • and her mother. 31

  • She was going through the files 32

  • making her own notes, coming up with her own theories. 33

  • Kevin, you were working right beside Selena 34

  • and didn't even realize it. 35

  • Actually, no I didn't, but I did 36

  • I got the opportunity to have lunch and dinner with her 37

  • and her mom. 38

  • They're genuinely interested in this 39

  • and they are really certainly hoping for the best outcome 40

  • for us and for the Sova family. 41

  • Everyone involved remains optimistic 42

  • about finally solving what happened to Kurt Sova 43

  • so many years ago, 44

  • with the help of citizen detectives like Selena Gomez.

Call her Detective Selena Gomez. 2

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