CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - It’s been six months since police arrested a Toledo man for the murder of a Cleveland mother who has been missing for nearly 30 years.

Now a trial date has been set for next April in Cathy Parisi’s case.

Prosecutors and defense are taking a look at the evidence as they prepare.

19 Investigates has been following this case for years.

We’re taking you inside the investigation and the courtroom in our latest true crime podcast episode in Dark Side of the Land.

Back in April 1997, Catherine Parisi, who went by Cathy, was 25 years old with a boyfriend and two young children.

She worked as an escort and took a call the day she disappeared.

But no one answered the door and she was never seen again.

Police made an arrest in the case in January 2025.

Michael Bukows

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