LA Times Today: Her file sat untouched for 15 years. Why did it take so long to find Ruby Scott’s killer?
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A 2003 ABC News report with Peter Jennings paints a picture of what crime was like in south Los Angeles around the time an 81-year-old woman from watts was brutally murdered in her home. L.A. Times deputy metro editor Cindy Chang explained why that case went cold and what that ABC News report would later reveal.