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Guaranteed Human.

School of Humans.

Helen God Murder Line actively investigates cold case murders.

In an effort to raise public awareness, invite witnesses to come forward, and present evidence

that could potentially be further investigated by law enforcement.

While we value insights from family and community members, their statements should not be

considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts inherent in cold cases.

We remind listeners that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime is guilty of any wrongdoing.

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Late in the afternoon on March 20, 1990, a man named J.M., Jim Hannigan, was checking property lines and fences near the Clayton Expressway in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Jim was the caretaker for land that belonged to a local family, the Carnies.

He later told police his job was to regularly check the fences and property lines, and that the

gate to the property was always padlocked, according to an incident report. That afternoon,

Jim was checking the south side of Clayton Expressway, near Williams Lane, when he saw something

in the distance. At first, he thought it might be a dead animal, but when he got

closer, he realized it was not an animal. It was a body. I'm Catherine Townsend. Over the past eight

years of making my true crime podcast, Helen Gone, I've learned that there's no such thing

as a small town where murder never happens.

I have received hundreds of messages from people all around the country, asking for help with

an unsolved murder that's affected them, their families, and their communities. If you have a case

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