2000 Cedar Rapids homicide to be featured on cable crime show

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 2000 Cedar Rapids homicide will be featured on a cable TV show Tuesday night.

'Fresh Start,' an episode of the Investigation Discovery channel series 'Six Degrees of Murder,' will look at the Sept. 4, 2000, death of 20-year-old Christina Sanoubane. The episode is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. Iowa time.

Carloss D. Robinson, now 45, was found guilty of stabbing Sanoubane to death at her duplex apartment at 818 10th St. SW. According to a 2010 Gazette article, Sanoubane lived in the front unit of the duplex; Robinson and his family lived in the rear unit.

Sanoubane's sister, Angelena Quang, 26, of Des Moines, said she intends to watch the show, but admits to being 'terrified.' Sanoubane's case was featured on an episode of truTV's 'Forensic Files' in 2010, and Quang said that episode put her and her family through a lot of pain.

'It dug up every ounce ... of pain and hurt,' said Quang. 'It brought a lot of memories back that I kind of tried to move on from.'

Quang said the producers for 'Six Degrees of Murder' came to Des Moines to interview her, her brother and her mother. She said she was hesitant to do the interview, but hopes the show keeps her sister's memory alive.

'I'm not exactly, 100 percent sure what they're going to say or do on this show,' she said. 'We were interviewed about our side of Christina and our memory of her.'

According to the show's website, 'Six Degrees of Murder' recounts 'the story of murder investigations that required law enforcement to untangle a complicated web of relationships in order to uncover the truth.'

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