REOPENED: Killer on Campus

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 28 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? Sponsors: Fab Fit Fun: Sign up at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE, customize your box, and get access to discounts up to 70% off on brands like Fenty, Free People, and Our Place - to name a few. Not in-love this season’s options? Take the credit to shop their exclusive flash sales of up to 70% and save on the biggest name brands out there. If you join FabFitFun as a NEW seasonal member right now you’ll also get 20% off your membership so your 1st box is only $47.99 - for up to a $300 value box each season. But only while supplies last - FabFitFun boxes sell out! Join FabFitFun today and save at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE. ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/CCF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. That’s Zocdoc.com/CCF Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.

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0:00.0	On March 21, 1969, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Detective Sergeant Don Bennett received a call about a murder.
0:09.0	This case was different, though.
0:11.0	The victim was found in a location most commonly associated with the end of an investigation, not the beginning.
0:18.0	In this case, a young woman's body was found lying on top of a grave at a local cemetery.
0:25.0	When I got here that morning with the fellas from our crime scene crew, we saw that there was a heel print.
0:33.0	And then from that heel print leading kind of into the cemetery were some scuff marks, some drag marks.
0:40.0	Not very deep or distinct, but you could see them.
0:44.0	Beyond the drag marks, there was a body lying in front of this head stall that says,
0:51.0	William Downing Senior.
0:55.0	One-third of all murder cases in America remain open.
0:59.0	Each one is called a cold case, and only one percent are ever solved.
1:04.0	This is one of those rare cases.
1:07.0	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast.
1:21.0	The body of a woman was found on top of a grave.
1:24.0	She'd been shot twice in the head.
1:27.0	Next to her body was the suitcase and a pile of women's clothing, and she'd been covered by a towel.
1:33.0	Detective Sergeant Bennett describes the crime scene.
1:36.0	Just a warning. His description is a little graphic.
1:43.0	Her face was bloody. Blood had run down the left side of her face and had dried.
1:50.0	Beside the blood, dried blood on her face.
1:53.0	It was very obvious there was a silk stocking tied very tightly around her neck,
1:58.0	like a garote that had been, she'd probably been strangled with.
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