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Reward offered for information in 1988 Florida Keys murder

Lisa Sanders, 20, beaten, stabbed, dragged behind car with rope tied around neck

Lisa Sanders was beaten, stabbed and dragged behind a car by a rope that was tied around her neck in 1988.

KEY WEST, Fla. – Crime Stoppers is offering a special reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible in the 1988 murder of a 20-year-old woman on No Name Key.

Lisa Sanders was killed Dec. 16, 1988, after attending a party on the island.

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Monroe County sheriff's deputies said Sanders' friends last saw her walking away from the party about 9:30 p.m.

She was reported missing by her parents the next day, and a short time later, her body was found on a dirt road near a gravel pit on the island.

Deputies said she had been beaten, stabbed and dragged behind a car by a rope that was tied around her neck.

Since that time, deputies said hundreds of people have been questioned in the murder, but no one has ever been charged.

"Someone out there knows something," said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. "This was a brutal crime – a young woman in the prime of her life was murdered. We would really like to close this case with an arrest. If you know anything -- anything at all, no matter how small -- call and report it."

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-346-TIPS.

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