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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Manhunt

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

From 1999 to 2002, eleven young girls and women were sexually assaulted in a similar way. Despite these cases spanning across five states, in all of them, the same man kept popping up as a suspect. The problem wasn't figuring out who had committed these crimes. The problem was figuring out how to catch him. Sponsors: Angi List: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi dot com. That’s A-N-G-I dot com. Earth Breeze: Switch from the old-fashioned goo to something new! Right now, my listeners can subscribe to Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to EARTH BREEZE dot com slash coldcase to get started. That’s EARTH BREEZE dot com slash coldcase for 40% off! EARTH BREEZE dot com slash coldcase. Progressive: All you need to do is visit Progressive’s website to get a quote with all the coverages you want, like comprehensive and collision coverage or personal injury protection. Then you’ll see Progressive’s direct rate, and their tool will provide options from other companies all lined up and ready to compare so it’s simple to choose the rate and coverages you like. Press play on comparing auto rates. Simplisafe: Customize the perfect system for your home in just a few minutes at simplisafe.com/COLDCASE. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off your order with Interactive Monitoring. That’s simplisafe.com/COLDCASE. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Skylight Frames: Now, as a special Mother’s Day offer, get 10% off, up to $30 off your Frame when you go Skylight Frame dot com slash COLD. That’s right. To get 10% off, up to $30 off your purchase of a Skylight Frame just go to Skylight Frame dot com slash COLD. That’s S-K-Y-L-I-G-H-T-F-R-A-M-E dot com slash COLD. Get 10% off, up to $30 off at SkylightFrame.com/ COLD. Zocdoc: Go to Zocdoc dot com slash CCF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours. That’s Z-O-C-D-O-C dot com /CCF. Zocdoc dot com /CCF.

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you.

0:03.3

We're bringing you double the episodes every week.

0:06.0

We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes.

0:09.9

So every Thursday, we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons.

0:15.2

Let us know which classic episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments.

0:18.8

And don't worry, we'll see you back here every Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too.

0:23.8

Now onto the episode.

0:26.4

In the fall of 1999, Sarah Jones had an experience in the middle of the night.

0:34.3

One that she'll never be able to forget.

0:37.0

She was nine years old at the time and at first thought she was dreaming.

0:40.8

A man picked her up and carried her outside and he told her that her house was on fire.

0:46.5

And then I put my foot down to see if I was actually outside and I just will get

0:52.5

to know if I was able to be right.

0:56.4

She wasn't dreaming though.

0:58.4

She was fully awake and the fact that she was being carried away into the night by a strange man

1:02.8

would become the lesser of the evil she'd be exposed to that night.

1:07.6

He laid me on the ground and told me to take my shorts off and I started screaming and yelling

1:12.5

and I told him no and then he put some kind of leather glove in my mouth.

1:17.6

And then since I want to take my shorts off he took them off for me.

1:25.2

Sarah's life had been changed forever that night and she wouldn't be the only one to fall victim

1:30.5

to this particular perpetrator. Over the next five years he would assault over nine other women

1:35.6

and girls continuing to stump detectives as he chose his next victims.

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