Introducing: Who Killed Jennifer Judd?

Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

TNT / Cadence13

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If you enjoyed Root of Evil, you may also like Who Killed Jennifer Judd? from ID. Listen to episode 1, Serial Killer or Serial Liar? now. In 1992, 20-year-old Jennifer Judd is murdered in her own home. Her husband of just nine days, Justin Judd, comes home from work to find his high school sweetheart lying on the kitchen floor with more than a dozen stab wounds. The murder shocks the small communities of Baxter Springs, Kansas, where the couple lived, and nearby Picher, Oklahoma, where Jennifer grew up. Despite a few early leads, the case went cold for nearly a decade. Then, a man confessed. Listen to Who Killed Jennifer Judd? wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On May 11th, 1992, a 20-year-old woman named Jennifer Judd is found brutally murdered in her apartment in Kansas.
0:15.0	Jennifer's body is discovered by her new husband Justin Judd.
0:21.0	Investigations reveal that Jennifer died from multiple stab wounds.
0:25.0	Suspects are investigated, but for years the case goes cold
0:30.0	until 2004 when a man confesses to Jennifer's murder.
0:35.0	But his confession raises more questions than it answers.
0:40.0	From ID and Arc Media, I'm Sarah Kalin, and this is who killed Jennifer Judd. The morning of Monday, May 11th, 1992, started like any other in the rural community of Baxter Springs, Kansas.
1:11.0	20-year-old Justin Judd wakes in the pre-dawn hours.
1:17.0	He gets himself ready for work as quietly as he can,
1:20.0	hoping not to wake his wife Jennifer.
1:23.0	Justin's a big guy, a former high school football and basketball star,
1:29.0	he's about six two and he's solid, a regular at the local gym.
1:34.0	As he gets ready for work, his wife, Jennifer sleeps in.
1:38.0	She works a late shift as a cashier at a local convenience store.
1:42.0	Jennifer is a petite woman with sandy brown curly hair
1:45.3	in that classic late 80s style.
1:48.0	Like Justin, Jennifer was a standout athlete
1:51.0	having starred on the high school softball and basketball teams.
1:54.0	She has bright brown eyes and a very easy smile.
1:58.0	This morning routine is new.
2:01.0	It's Justin's first day back at work since the sweethearts got married just
2:05.7	over a week earlier and a big wedding full of family and friends. At around
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