LA PORTE, Ind. — Detectives in northwestern Indiana have reopened a cold case from 1988 involving the deaths of two Florida teenagers.

According to a release from the La Porte County Sheriff's Office , on March 11, 1989, deputies responded to State Road 8, about one mile west of State Road 39 in La Porte County following a report that a body was found in a water-filled ditch.

The body was identified as that of 16-year-old Tamara Gifford of Florida. Police say Gifford had relatives living in Starke County, Indiana.

Two days later, detectives found the body of 17-year-old Christina Hillis, also from Florida, in the "general area" where Gifford's body was found.

Detectives believe their deaths happened in December 1988.

After conducting interviews with individuals in both Starke and La P

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