Amy Wroe Bechtel is among the Great Basin killer's potential victims. On the morning of July 24, 1997, the 24-year-old left her Lander, Wyoming apartment to run errands. At 2:30 that afternoon, Amy was seen at a photo shop. This was the last confirmed sighting of Amy.

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Contents • • • • • • • • Case history [ ] Kimmell was working in, at an, and left on March 25, 1988, for her parents' home in. She planned to stop in, along the way to pick up her boyfriend. Records showed that she was stopped for speeding in, just before she disappeared. Though unverified, some witnesses reported seeing her later that evening near Casper. Eight days later her body was found floating in the North Platte River near, by a local fisherman. An determined that she had been bound, beaten and raped, for at least six days. Evidence showed that she was then taken to the Old Government Bridge (: ), where she was hit on the head with a blunt object, stabbed six times in the chest and abdomen, before being thrown into the river.

The autopsy showed that the head wound would have killed her in a matter of minutes even if she had not been stabbed. Kimmell's case was profiled on the television program within weeks, and 's in the years since, with each case concentrating on locating witnesses who might have seen her black 1988 automobile with a Montana plate bearing the unforgettable 'LIL MISS' license plate.

Investigators knew recovering the car was extremely important as it would be a direct link to the killer. Breakthrough [ ] In the summer of 2002, investigators researching cold cases came across Kimmell's rape kit, and a was developed from the evidence. The database matched the DNA to Dale Wayne Eaton, 57, of, who was then serving time in at on an unrelated weapons charge. Eaton's DNA profile was placed in the database in 1997 after he was arrested on a separate charge: He had stopped to offer assistance to the Breeden family, whose car had broken down, but then he kidnapped the family at gunpoint. After his arrest for this kidnapping, Eaton escaped, but was later recaptured in. At that time he possessed a weapon, elevating his crime to the federal level.

He was then incarcerated in federal prison, where he was obliged to submit a DNA sample. Eaton's next door neighbors reported to investigators that they had seen him digging a large hole on his property, which was located about an hour's drive from where Kimmell was last seen alive. The site was excavated and Kimmell's Honda CRX was unearthed, still bearing her distinctive 'LIL MISS' license plate.