96: MURDER: Katie Janness
Detective Perspective
Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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If you have any information in this case, please call the Atlanta Police Homicide Unit at 404-546-4235 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477. There is a $10,000 reward available.
FULL AUTOPSY REPORT: https://static.fox5atlanta.com/www.fox5atlanta.com/content/uploads/2021/11/Katie-Janness-Autopsy.pdf
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| 0:00.0 | On the night of July 27, 2021, 40-year-old Katie Janesse left her Midtown Atlanta apartment for a walk with her dog, Bowie. |
| 0:20.0 | At around 11.30 p.m., she stopped by the restaurant |
| 0:23.2 | where her partner was working. They spoke briefly, and Katie said she was heading home after |
| 0:28.2 | finishing the walk. But less than two hours later, she was found brutally murdered inside |
| 0:33.6 | Piedmont Park near the 10th Street entrance. She had been stabbed more than 50 times, mutilated, and left with letters carved into her body. |
| 0:42.8 | There were no witnesses, no surveillance footage, and no clear motive. |
| 0:47.8 | Four years later, Katie's case is still unsolved, and the question remains, who would do something |
| 0:53.3 | like this and why |
| 0:54.8 | you know Hey, everyone, welcome back to Detective Perspective. |
| 1:26.6 | My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed |
| 1:28.8 | private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story |
| 1:34.0 | format. I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information |
| 1:38.8 | for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, |
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| 1:45.5 | and maybe you can help solve the case. |
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