On the night of July 7, 1993, Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home from a bar, The Comet. The Seattle Police Department initially focused their investigation on Zapata's circle of friends, believing that her murderer must have been someone she knew. Using funds generated by the Seattle music community (from benefit shows and CDs), as well as their own money, the remaining band members hired private investigator Leigh Hearon to supplement the police department's investigation. For over three years, Hearon and the Seattle Police Department investigated the crime with few or no breaks in the case. In 1996, the investigation first gained national attention in an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries". It however did not open any new leads. The case was later highlighted on several other TV shows including A&E's "American Justice", "Cold Case Files", "City Confidential", CBS's "48 Hours", FOX's "America's Most Wanted", and TruTV's "Forensic Files".