REOPENED: Queen on the Ozarks
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In June, 1985, a 20-year-old ‘Sucker Day’ festival queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri are certain that her blood is on the hands of a local, wealthy businessman. But, after 25 years, DNA reveals the true killer.
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| 0:29.8 | This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:39.3 | I thought the world of Jackie Johns. It was an extremely personal case to me. It haunts me to this day. |
| 0:46.4 | I had known her for a number of years. She was the sweetest person you'd ever meet, and I couldn't |
| 0:51.5 | imagine why anyone would want to harm her. |
| 0:55.0 | It was the only case in my career that I just never could shake. |
| 0:58.0 | There was a tremendous amount of pressure. |
| 1:01.0 | The family was desperate for answers. |
| 1:03.0 | It's something you can't put into words until you feel that it's your personal responsibility. |
| 1:09.0 | And I was afraid I was going to die with this one unsolved. |
| 1:15.8 | There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America. |
| 1:20.5 | Each one is a cold case. |
| 1:22.6 | Only 1% are ever solved. |
| 1:25.3 | This is one of those rare stories. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah. sent are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. In June of 1985, Jackie Johns has just turned 20 years old, and she lives in the tiny town of Nixza, a rural cattle ranching community nestled in the Ozarks in the Midwest. |
| 1:59.6 | Jackie is just a typical young woman in the prime of her life with a plethora of friends. |
| 2:04.6 | She's well known in the tight-knit community for her friendly, charming, |
| 2:09.0 | an outgoing demeanor, which earned her friends with ease. |
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