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Morning Cup of Murder

Death of an Artist - May 19 2020

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

May 19th: Jenny Read Found (1976) Twice a year, the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, asks its citizens to clear out their attics and garages and place all their unwanted items on the curb for pick up. Many troll the areas for unwanted treasures and others use it as a spring cleaning and await the trash pick up. Among these items were the sketchbooks, photos and journals of a San Francisco artist named Jenny Read. Jenny, as the recipient of her items would soon realize, had her life tragically ended before she could make a name for herself in the art world, her body found on May 19th 1976. A murder that would take 33 years to finally solve. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9

in the First World War, living in York, raising six children

0:39.7

all by herself.

0:41.5

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more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away,

1:02.8

and it survived by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird relationship.

1:09.6

Twice a year, the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, asks its citizens one investigator is reminiscent of a weird relationship. Morning. Cuff of murder.

1:16.1

Twice a year, the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, asks its citizens to clear out their attics and garages and place all their unwanted items on the curb for pickup.

1:21.9

Many troll the area for unwanted treasures, and others use it as a spring cleaning and await

1:27.1

the trash pickup. Among these items were the sketchbook, photos, and others used it as a spring cleaning and await the trash pickup.

1:28.3

Among these items were the sketchbook, photos, and journals of a San Francisco artist named

1:33.8

Jenny Reed.

1:35.3

Jenny, as the recipient of her items would soon realize, had her life tragically ended

1:40.8

before she could make a name for herself in the art world. Her body found on May 19,

1:46.4

1976, a murder that would take 33 years to finally solve. So if you like your coffee hot,

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