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Forensic Files

Northern Exposure

Forensic Files

HLN

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.63.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired April 9, 2018. Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained a fingerprint, enabling them to identify the victim. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers -- threads of evidence which led them straight to the killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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There were very few clues discovered with the woman's body in the Alaskan wilderness.

0:38.6

But the sheet covering her body looked very different from the bedding sold in department stores.

0:45.5

Was it possible that the fabric could tell a story, one that could lead police to the woman's killer?

1:03.8

No. one that could lead police to the woman's killer. When 36-year-old Judy Bergen walked into her favorite bar at the Samovar Inn and Anchorage, Alaska.

1:14.7

It was apparent something was terribly wrong.

1:20.6

The bartender who had known Judy for years said that when Judy came in that night,

1:23.1

Judy looked as bad as she'd ever seen her.

1:29.4

Judy came from an affluent and politically connected family and was something of a free spirit working as a cook on a fishing boat.

1:32.7

But Judy told the bartender that she was tired of life in Alaska and wanted to move away.

1:39.8

Judy was upset, distraught.

1:41.3

At that time, she had a large amount of money

1:44.1

and a ticket to Hawaii and was planning to go to Hawaii.

1:48.0

Judy showed her an airline ticket

1:49.9

and a substantial sum of money

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