Cobb County Episodes

NamUs Case UP#10724 -Cobb County, GA - May 10, 1984 This episode tells the story of an unidentified white female discovered in a wooded area in South West Cobb County. She has been unidentified for 36 years and her killer has never been found. Uncovered Case File Sources: NamUs Casefile -https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10724 Georgia Bureau of Investigation https://gbi.georgia.gov/cases/unidentified-remains/cobb-county-white-female Doe Network-Case File http://www.doenetwork.org/...

In this episode, I discuss this case with retired Cobb County Police Detective, John Dawes. Detective Dawes was a member of the Cobb County Police Department for 29 years. He retired in 2013, but was soon asked by District Attorney, Vic Reynolds, to lead the newly established Cobb County Cold Case Unit. Detective Dawes knows this case inside and out and will answer many of the questions presented in today’s episode. What he shares with us will explain why after 36 years, this case remains unsolv...

In this episode, Detective Dawes answers the questions raised in Episode 1. His answers will shock you and explain why, after 36 years, Our Doe remains unidentified and her killer has never been found. Support the Show.

Over the course of four decades and across 19 states, the deadliest serial killer in US history left a trail of at least 93 victims. Although he was arrested several times and linked to sexual assaults, attempted murders and actual murders, he was for one reason or another repeatedly released to kill again. Samuel Little believed that the reason he was able to avoid a conviction for so many years was because he targeted women who were sex workers, runaways and drug addicts. Women, who he believe...

If the death of Samuel Little and the details contained in the last episode left you feeling like “this case would never be solved”. Keep listening. There have been some surprising developments over the past 30 days. Amy Hutsell, Program Director at the CJCC has submitted my case research to the SAKI Task Force. This is the task force that has been charged with matching Georgia homicides to Samuel Little confessions and they are actively working on this case! I am not sure how long the reexamin...

In this episode, I share comments from Amy Hutsell, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse and Sexual Assault, Program Director at the Georgia, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and from the Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office regarding grant funding and DNA Profiling/Genealogical Research for Our Doe. It is exciting to think that we are closer to solving this case than we have ever been before, but for now...we wait. Our role in this investigation is complete; we dug deep, asked questions, conne...