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3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister's Killer

Jennifer Carrieri's twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.
Jody LeCornu (L) and her twin sister, Jennifer Carrieri, were inseparable.

Jennifer Carrieri was born two minutes after her twin, Jody LeCornu. From that point on, the two sisters were inseparable.

They shared the same room growing up. They hung out with the same friends. As adults, they racked up costly phone bills from talking to each other every day. In family photos, they're always seen side by side, sporting their dirty blonde hair in the same hairstyles. Despite their similarities, it's often easy to tell who is who: LeCornu, known as the "strong" twin, always flashes a wide grin, while Carrieri, the "shy" twin, wears a fainter smile.

They were always together.

But Carrieri wasn't with her sister when LeCornu died.

According to Carrieri, on March 2, 1996, LeCornu was sitting in

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