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Coffee and Cases Podcast

E257: Judy Smith

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Allison Williams, Maggie Damron

Unsolved, Murder, Conspiracy, True Crime, Cold Cases, Mystery, Society & Culture

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Judy Smith had packed her bags, ready to join her new husband Jeffrey on a work trip to Philadelphia in April 1997. Since Jeffrey's day was filled with conference meetings, she had decided to explore the city by herself. But she never returned to the hotel. Where did she go? What happened? And how could it be possible that this investigation would end up focused not in Philadelphia but 600 miles away in Asheville, North Carolina? If you are interested in bonus content for our show or in getting some Coffee and Cases swag, please consider joining Patreon. There are various levels to fit your needs, all of which can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases

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0:00.0

One year when Anthony and I were newly married, I accompanied him to Northern Kentucky for a work conference.

0:05.6

While he spent the day in meetings, I filled my days with other activities.

0:09.2

If you've been listening to us for a while now, you know how I am.

0:14.0

If you're new here, I am a self-proclaimed scaredy cat.

0:18.0

So rather than filling my days with museum explorations or shopping or going to the zoo,

0:23.9

I spent my time ordering room service, watching TV, and staying in my pajamas all behind the safety

0:30.8

of a locked door. Unlike me, the victim of today's case wasn't a scaredy cat. And while in a different city with her husband, who was also attending a conference,

0:40.8

she decided to go sightseeing.

0:43.1

But she never made it to see many of the things she had planned.

0:46.3

Somewhere along the way, she disappeared.

0:49.0

A beloved 50-year-old nurse from Newton, Massachusetts just simply vanished.

0:53.5

For five months, her family frantically

0:55.1

searched for her only for her remains to be found some 600 miles away. This geographical

1:00.6

discrepancy immediately became a central point of contention in the investigation, raising the

1:06.0

question of how she traveled such a significant distance. The case is further complicated by conflicting witness

1:11.6

accounts, the initial focus on her husband as a suspect, and the lack of concrete physical

1:16.6

evidence directly linking a perpetrator to the crime. This cold case has perplexed investigators

1:21.7

and web sleuths for years, and we're still left wondering if it will ever be solved.

1:27.1

This is the case of Judy Smith. You know, I'm going to be able to you know I'm the I'm I'm going to be. Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold.

2:10.4

My name is Allison Williams.

2:12.4

And my name is Maggie Damran.

2:14.1

We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there with any

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