November 22, 2021 | By Ambar Ramirez This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. Taah Cooper was born in 1980 living in paradise on the Hawaiian island of Honolulu. She spent the first eight years of her life living in Hawaii before her family packed up and moved to Sycamore, Ohio, a small town of fewer than 1,000 people. Ten years later, Taah still lived in Sycamore. In fact, it would be her final resting place. The day after Thanksgiving in 1998, Taah’s body was discovered in the weeds near the Sandusky River in Tiffin, 15 miles north of her hometown. She had been strangled to death. Her murder remains unsolved to this day. Growing up in the 1990s, Taah was fascinated by video games. She could often be found on the couch playing games with her cousin Ryan Sherer, who was only a year older. “She liked video games and just hanging out with... Read More