Consignment store owner’s murder unsolved

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On Feb. 8, 2003, firefighters responded to a fire at the In Style Consignment Shop in Rockville and ended up stumbling on a murder that remains a mystery today.

Montgomery County firefighters fought their way through the smoke and flames, and found the body of 39-year-old shop owner Vanessa Johnson Sosin. Police said the fire was set on purpose to cover up a deadly stabbing.

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