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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Mommy's Rules

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The bodies of two teenage girls are discovered. One set on fire, the other stuffed in a box and thrown in a lake. Both are Jane Does. Both have been murdered. Eight years later, a third woman comes forward and reveals their identities, and how she escaped from suffering the same fate. Sponsors: Angi: Get your next project done with the help of a pro from Angi. Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com Simplisafe: Right now, get 20% off your new system when you sign up for Interactive Monitoring. Visit simplisafe.com/COLDCASE. That’s simplisafe.com /COLDCASE. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe.

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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.

0:23.7

Now onto the episode.

0:26.4

In Placer County, California in 1984,

0:29.6

a couple on their way to Lake Tahoe for a day of relaxation notices a suspicious fire.

0:35.2

Stopping to investigate, they discover the body of a young woman and find their way to a phone to call police.

0:41.3

The body was smoldering on what was left of a large bonfire,

0:44.5

as Deputy Stephen Frick arrived on the scene.

0:47.3

She was blonde, probably early to mid teens.

0:55.8

I believe one of her legs had burned off below the knee and was resting on the ground beside her.

1:02.1

One third of on-murder cases in America remain open.

1:06.9

Each one is called a cold case.

1:09.8

And only 1% are ever soft.

1:12.4

This is one of those rare cases.

1:14.5

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

1:26.5

The woman had obviously been murdered.

1:28.4

There was evidence of duct tape on her mouth and wrists.

1:30.9

Her features, her face, had been effectively erased to make identifying the girl by sight,

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