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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: A Killer Slips Away

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Lily and Alonzo knock on Anna Mae's door. They've come to take their elderly sister shopping. Instead, her door flies open and a young woman runs past them - covered in blood. Alonzo tries to grab her but she literally slips through his fingers. Inside, they find Anna Mae dead on the floor. Who was this mysterious young woman? Why did she kill an innocent senior? And what does it all have to do with a jar of mayonnaise? Check out our great sponsors! Vegamour: Go to Vegamour.com/coldcase and use code "coldcase" to save 20% on your first order! Follow THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING wherever you listen to podcasts! You can listen ad-free on the Amazon Music or Wondery App. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive!

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you. We're bringing you double the episodes

0:05.2

every week. We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes, so every Thursday

0:11.4

we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons. Let us know which classic

0:16.4

episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments. And don't worry, we'll see you back here every

0:20.7

Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too. Now onto the episode.

0:30.6

We brought her to the city. She comes to Ohio and she gets killed.

0:36.4

She was covered in blood when she ran from that apartment. She just slipped out of her hands.

0:43.2

On a quiet Sunday morning in Columbus, Ohio in 1987,

0:47.3

Anna Mae Florence was waiting at home for her sister Lily and brother-in-law Alonzo.

0:52.3

Just according to plan, Lily and Alonzo arrived on their elderly and stores hub with plans to

0:57.2

take her shopping. Someone came to the door, but it wasn't Anna Mae. A woman covered in blood burst

1:05.6

out of the home and attempted to shove past the couple. Alonzo grabbed the woman by the wrist and

1:11.1

held on tight. Alonzo struggled with her for a few seconds, but she was slick with blood and her

1:17.7

hand slipped from his grasp. She ran and Alonzo chased after. Down the street, gaining on her,

1:25.3

not stopping until she threatened to shoot him. There are 120,000 unsolved murder cases in America.

1:34.7

Each one is called a Cold Case and only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare cases.

1:42.0

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast.

1:45.7

When Alonzo got back to the house, he had no choice but to let the killer go,

1:55.6

what he and Lily found was horrific. The place was a mess. There was blood everywhere,

2:01.7

on the floors and sprayed across the walls. Anna Mae lay in her front room in a pool of her own

2:07.8

blood. There was a court around her neck. She'd been beaten. She'd been stabbed several times.

2:14.9

Here's Jim Mckoski, the original detective on the case.

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