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The Dry Birthday Card That Cracked a 42-Year Murder Mystery
The Dry Birthday Card That Cracked a 42-Year Murder Mystery
The impossible detail that haunted a Tennessee cold case was a laminated birthday card found completely dry inside a dead guard's jacket after hours of freezing drizzle - a single anomaly that sat untouched in a file for nearly forty years. How did that dry card, a buried note, and a tourist's photograph finally point detectives to a 68-year-old suspect after 42 years?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the March 9, 1971 scene on Hollowell Road through the stalled investigation and eventual 2013 arrest, tracing the facts…
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