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Cold Case Files

Dead West: The Death of Lavender Doe

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When a mystery woman's burning body is found in an oil field in 2006, the rural community of Kilgore and a determined Texas lawman show why you don't mess with the Lone Star State. It takes 13 years to ID this Lavender Doe and nab her callous killer.


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intensely disturbing accounts of violence.

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Listener discretion is advised. She was my best friend in high school. She was always happy

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even if she didn't have a good home life. Bray County has its share of murders. Bad things

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happened, but it was nothing like this.

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