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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Carol's Diary

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A 16-year-old girl is killed and her brother is the first to come upon her murder scene. The teenager's diary leads detectives to her killer...


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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 2. Now onto the episode.

0:33.2

Carol Huddo turned 16 in 1976. She lived in Largo, Florida with her parents and her brother

0:39.3

Jerry. Carol was considered a friendly person by most everyone who knew her. On December 13,

0:47.0

she told her mother that she would be back in a couple of hours and headed to a friend's house.

0:53.6

Carol didn't stay with her friend long, claiming she was headed to a nearby drugstore.

0:58.4

Carol asked her friend to tell her parents that she would be back in 10 minutes if they happened to call.

1:04.5

She wasn't back in 10 minutes, and she didn't return home in a couple of hours.

1:08.8

Carol Huddo never came home again because the 16 year old girl had been murdered.

1:19.9

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

1:28.3

When Carol didn't come home, her mother Norma was understandably worried.

1:32.7

I knew when Carol didn't come home in a couple of hours like she said, I'll be back.

1:39.7

I won't be gone long. I knew that something was wrong.

1:43.3

Her brother Jerry had been out on the same evening and was surprised to find his parents awake

1:51.3

and worried about Carol when he got home. He was way past curfew and was surprised he wasn't in trouble.

1:57.2

This is Carol's brother Jerry.

1:59.1

She never, not that I can really remember ever getting trouble for not coming home or calling in

2:07.2

when she was not going to be there when she was supposed to be.

2:11.9

Norma and Jerry went out to search for Carol. They talked with their friends and visited the

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