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His daily route may have taken him past Elena\u2019s home around the time she put her son on the school bus.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=&#8221;Fort Knox, Kentucky&#8221; pin_address=&#8221;Fort Knox, KY, USA&#8221; zoom_level=&#8221;12&#8243; pin_address_lat=&#8221;37.8836637&#8243; pin_address_lng=&#8221;-85.9652686&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where Ernest was stationed before retiring from the Army and later moving to the Elizabethtown area.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_map_pin][\/et_pb_map][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;994px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Additional Info&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;29px&#8221; title_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.29px&#8221; title_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;selector h2 {||  font-weight: normal;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_accordion toggle_icon=&#8221;&#xe04f;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;The murder of Elena Sanchez Hawkins tips&#8221; open=&#8221;on&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; toggle_icon=&#8221;&#xe050;||divi||400&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.16px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; closed_toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; closed_toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; closed_toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you know anything about the murder of Elena Sanchez Hawkins, please call the Kentucky State Police Post 4 at <\/span><a href=\"tel:2707665078\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(270)766\u20135078<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or email us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:tips@audiochuck.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tips@audiochuck.com.<\/span><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;RAINN\u2019s national sexual assault hotline&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#7714BC&#8221; toggle_icon=&#8221;&#xe050;||divi||400&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.16px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|5px|5px|5px|5px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_color=&#8221;#0D0D11&#8243; toggle_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; closed_toggle_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; closed_toggle_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2px&#8221; closed_toggle_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a victim of sexual abuse, you can contact RAINN\u2019s national sexual assault hotline by calling <\/span><a href=\"tel:8006564673\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">800-656-HOPE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4673), by texting HOPE to 64673, or by online chatting at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/hotline.rainn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hotline.RAINN.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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Published January 9, 1992. Accessed June 17, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1012244701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1012244701<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY): Woman found dead in Elizabethtown by The Central Kentucky Bureau. Published January 9, 1992. Accessed June 17, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/110114949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/110114949<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): Police investigate Elizabethtown slaying. Published January 11, 1992. Accessed June 17, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/689831231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/689831231<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wave News (Louisville, KY): Suspect in attempted murder may have ties to 1992 unsolved case by Maria Ansari. Published August 29, 2008. Updated October 9, 2008. Accessed June 17, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wave3.com\/story\/8924118\/suspect-in-attempted-murder-may-have-ties-to-1992-unsolved-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.wave3.com\/story\/8924118\/suspect-in-attempted-murder-may-have-ties-to-1992-unsolved-case\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY): Owensboro native cut, raped, left for dead by Dariush Shafa. Published August 29, 2008. Accessed June 20, 2025 via newspapers.com. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/379896355 &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/379896362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/379896362<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): Woman\u2019s throat slit; Breckinridge man in jail. Published August 29, 2008. Accessed June 20, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/693771740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/693771740<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY): Hardinsburg man pleads not guilty in attack on woman. Published September 4, 2008. Accessed June 20, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/379881980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/379881980<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): Police say recent assault similar to 1992 slaying by Herald-Leader Staff Report. Published September 4, 2008. Accessed June 17, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/latest-news\/article43973907.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/latest-news\/article43973907.html\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wave News (Louisville, KY): Suspect in attempted murder may have ties to 1992 unsolved case by Scott Harvey. Published November 6, 2008. Updated November 25, 2008. Accessed June 17, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wave3.com\/story\/9301595\/recent-attack-may-help-police-solve-1992-murder-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.wave3.com\/story\/9301595\/recent-attack-may-help-police-solve-1992-murder-case\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY): Man sentenced to 20 years for knife attack by Associated Press. Published June 19, 2009. Accessed June 20, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/375894255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/375894255<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): Guilty plea in brutal attack. Published June 19, 2009. Accessed June 20, 2025 via newspapers.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/695232797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/695232797<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, KY): Who killed Elena Sanchez Hawkins? By Jeff D\u2019Alessio. Published January 8, 2012. Accessed June 17, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsenterprise.com\/news\/local\/who-killed-elena-sanchez-hawkins\/article_67230682-6fc9-5bf0-b70c-b50861d889c2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thenewsenterprise.com\/news\/local\/who-killed-elena-sanchez-hawkins\/article_67230682-6fc9-5bf0-b70c-b50861d889c2.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, KY): A pursuit for justice: Brother of woman killed in 1992 is seeking her killer By Jeff D\u2019Alessio. Published July 19, 2020. 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