NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — 50 years ago, it was a crime that shook Nashville—the murder of Marcia Trimble, a 9-year-old girl who was out delivering Girl Scout cookies.

We came to know that young girl's mother over the many years that it took for Marcia's killer to be finally captured and convicted.

Early Tuesday morning, Virginia Trimble Ritter passed away.

Many will remember Virginia as the mother who never gave up hope that her daughter's killer would be found.

On February 25th, 1975, Marcia was delivering Girl Scout cookies in her Green Hills neighborhood when she vanished. Someone had sexually assaulted and murdered the young girl.

We spoke with Trimble Ritter over the years about the crime and how it changed Nashville.

She told NewsChannel 5 in 2015, "I expect her case to be so

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