Mary Davis: Presser of the Week

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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With the update on the Amy Mihaljevic case this week, I thought I'd look for a cold case from her era that has been solved. I landed on the case of the cold case of Mary Davis, a mystery that lingered for decades and has finally been solved. In a remarkable display of the enduring power of forensic science, advancements in DNA technology have led to the identification of Russell Grant Wood as the perpetrator in the tragic demise of Mary Davis. The evidence, submitted to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation in 2022, brought closure to a case that had remained unresolved since 1987. Unfortunately, Wood passed away in 2013, but this breakthrough is a testament to the relentless pursuit of justice and the importance of technological progress in solving crimes. WFMY-News2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.3	Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Who Killed, the Presser of the Week.
1:20.3	I'm your host, Bill Huffman, and this is a Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer
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1:27.6	On this week's episode, we are going to be taking a look back at a case from back in
1:33.7	Lexington, Kentucky, and this would be the cold case of Mary Davis, and that was a case that
1:42.6	happened on May 30th, 1987, and investigators were able to use DNA that was collected at the time of the crime and were able to connect the DNA to a perpetrator.
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