148: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Who Vanished Before Her, Part 1

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Aug 18, 2026 · 38m

In 1980, Pam Sherrell escaped a violent attack by a man who abducted her and tried to kill her. He evaded capture, but her escape would set off a chain of events that revealed a much darker story unfolding in Hernando County, Florida.

Months later and thousands of miles away, two young women crossed paths with the same man at a bar. He tried to get them to leave with him. They refused, but as they watched he left the bar with another young woman: Rene Saling. The next day, Rene was found murdered.

Back in Florida, investigators were trying to solve the disappearance of another young woman…