New Disney+ Documentary Revisits Texas Murder Cold Case

It's the Texas story that people can't stop talking about and now, it's coming to Disney+ and Hulu. And it all started with a partnership between the local police and the criminology students at UT Arlington.

In December, I told you about criminology students at the University of Texas at Arlington who partnered with local police to help reopen a decades-old cold case. What began as a class project turned into something much bigger- and now, that work is being spotlighted in a new national true crime documentary.

The College Students Who Helped Reopen the Case

As part of an innovative criminology course, UT Arlington students worked directly with law enforcement to reexamine evidence from a case that had gone unsolved for more than 30 years. Their efforts helped uncover new information, including an alleged love triangle investigators believe may be connected to the crime, breathing new life into the investigation.

A Texas Murder That Went Unsolved for Decades

The case centers on Cynthia Gonzalez, a 25-year-old mother who was found murdered along a roadside in the Dallas–Fort Worth area in 1991. No arrests were made, and the case went cold, leaving her family without answers for 34 years!

From a Classroom to a National Documentary

Now, Cynthia Gonzalez’s story- and the students who helped reopen her case- is the focus of a new episode of ABC News Studios’ IMPACT x Nightline. Titled Never See You Again, the documentary premiered just last week on Disney+ and Hulu.

Led by ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, the episode explores how the case went cold for decades before being revived through an unlikely partnership between college students and police.

Beyond the crime itself, this case has resonated across Texas because of what finally helped move it forward. The idea that college students could play a meaningful role in reopening a cold case is a powerful reminder that justice doesn’t always have an expiration date.

IMPACT x Nightline: Never See You Again is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu now.