When a woman was found murdered and wrapped in a quilt in 1972, investigators refused to give up until they found her identity. Despite their efforts, it didn’t take long for her case to go ice cold. But her story isn’t over yet–advances in forensic science have offered this case a new chance to be solved. Listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for the full story.
The pictures and sources discussed in this episode are linked below.
If you have any information about the Hernando County Jane Doe, you can contact Detectives George Loydgren or James Boylan of the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office – Cold Case Unit at 352-754-6830 or 352-797-3714. You can also send an email to unsolved@hernandosheriff.org.
If you have any information about Mary Margaret Cook, you can contact Detective Matthew Newbold of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 863-298-6834 or missingperson@polksheriff.org.
- Slide 1: quilt found at scene
- Slide 2: reconstruction of quilt pattern
- Slide 3: type of car spotted by witnesses
- Slide 4: clay rendering of Edna
- Slide 5: FaceLogics digital rendering of Edna
- Slide 6: Mary Margaret Cook
All photos are from the Doe Network
Sources:
- https://www.fdacs.gov/Forest-Wildfire/Our-Forests/State-Forests/Withlacoochee-State-Forest
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160421153555/http://hernandosun.com/jane_doe_bust_created_IFAAS
- https://doenetwork.org/cases/776uffl.html
- https://defrostingcoldcases.com/hernando-county-jane-doe-1972/
- https://www.hernandosheriff.org/images/unsolved/72_06053/72_06053_Bulletin.pdf
- https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/database-praised-for-helping-solve-cold-cases-underutilized-by-law-enforcement-experts-say
- https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6043
- https://www.fox13news.com/news/facelogics-helps-solve-cold-cases-with-facial-reconstruction
- https://seasonofjustice.org/
- https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1383dffl.html
- https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/1670/details
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer
- https://charleyproject.org/case/mary-margaret-cook
- https://www.ishinews.com/using-isotopes-to-tell-the-stories-of-the-unidentified/
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