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Cold Case Files

Killer on Campus

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial killer, but does Jane fit the pattern? And years later, how does the DNA of a 4-year-old end up found on Jane's body?

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0:02.9

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0:26.9

On March 21st, 1969, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Detective Sergeant Don Bennett received a call about a

0:34.7

murder. This case was different, though. The victim was found in a

0:38.9

location most commonly associated with the end of an investigation, not the beginning. In this

0:45.1

case, a young woman's body was found lying on top of a grave at a local cemetery.

0:51.3

When I got here that morning with the fellas from our crime scene crew,

0:56.0

we saw that there was a heel print. And then from that heel print, leading kind of into the cemetery,

1:04.0

were some scuff marks, some drag marks, not very deep or distinct, but you could see them.

1:10.0

Beyond the drag marks, there was a body lying in front of this headstone that says William Downing,

1:18.6

Sr.

1:19.6

One third of all murder cases in America remain open.

1:25.6

Each one is called a cold case, and only 1% are ever solved.

1:30.3

This is one of those rare cases. From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast.

1:42.3

The body of a woman was found on top of a grave.

1:48.1

She'd been shot, twice, in the head.

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