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Argumentative Essay: The Highway Of Tears Murders

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The topic I have chosen for my argumentative essay is “The Highway of Tears Murders.” This topic stood out to me from all of the others because I like stories like this. The Investigation Discovery channel and shows like, “Law and Order,” show stories like these of unsolved murders and cases that can take up to years to solve. I have never heard of this case before I saw it on the research topic list. I did a little overview of what the case is about and why it has not yet been solved. The case involves murders that have been happening since the year of 1969 involving, specifically Aboriginal, women. The number is debatable of how many exactly were killed, but some to think it exceeds thirty. This would be an interesting topic for myself and

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