The Trail Went Cold - Episode 341 - Carol Ann Cole

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

January 28, 1981. Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The decomposed body of a young woman is discovered in the woods next to a remote logging road. The victim has been stabbed nine times, but since she cannot be identified, she becomes known as “Bossier Doe”. 34 years later, Bossier Doe is finally identified as 17-year old Carol Ann Cole, a Michigan resident who had run away from Texas a few months before she was killed. Suspicion turns towards John Chesson, the man who reported the discovery of Carol Ann’s body to the police, as his daughter was certain that Carol Ann had stayed at their family’s residence prior to her death and Chesson would go to prison for murdering another person several years later. Did John Chesson kill Carol Ann Cole or was someone else responsible? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore another tragic story about a Jane Doe who remained unidentified for three decades, but her murder is still unsolved. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Bossier Parrish Sheriff’s Office at (318) 965-2203. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Carol_Cole https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/bossier-doe-cold-case-murder-victim-identified-as-17-year-old-carol-ann-cole/article_f02bad87-9d2b-59c1-8b48-538e315d6537.html http://www.ktbs.com/story/28637008/louisiana-woman-says-her-father-killed-bossier-doe-carol-ann-cole http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/02/detectives_turn_to_new_bethany.html http://www.ktbs.com/story/28556845/investigators-had-bossier-does-name-when-investigation-began-in-1981 https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/homicide-detectives-refocus-on-the-man-who-found-body-of-bossier-doe-34-years-ago/article_6a060611-17d5-5f8a-bcfb-3638a447bbd0.html http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/03/louisiana_police_credit_facebo.html https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2015/04/hold_family_of_carol_ann_cole.html https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/11/03/many-questions-surround-cold-case-bossier-murder/821180001/ https://truecrimedaily.com/2015/11/30/murder-victim-identified-34-years-later-killer-remains-at-large/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150630222118/http://interactives.woodtv.com/photomojo/gallery/20176/361786/bossier-doe-laid-to-rest-/bossier-doe-laid-to-rest/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/517415417/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon” at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida on September 22-24, 2023. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD23”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.com. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas on August 25-27, 2023. To get a 15 % discount on the purchase of tickets, please our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	January 28th
0:02.0	981 Bozier Parish Louisiana
0:06.0	The decomposed body of a young woman is discovered in the woods next to a remote logging road
0:11.0	The victim has been stabbed nine times, but since she cannot be
0:14.6	identified, she becomes known as Bozier-Dau. 34 years later, Bozier-Dau is finally
0:21.0	identified as 17-year-old Carol Ann Cole, a Michigan resident who had run away from Texas a few months before she was killed.
0:28.8	Suspicion turns towards Jean Chasen, the man who reported the discovery of Carolin's body to the police,
0:35.3	and would go to prison for killing another person several years later,
0:38.8	but there is no conclusive evidence to implicate him,
0:41.5	and Carolin's murder has never solved.
0:44.4	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, and uh, uh, and uh, uh, uh, uh, yeah.
1:04.0	Oh, uh, uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, uh,
1:07.0	uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:11.0	uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Gold.
1:27.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and this week we're going to be exploring another case involving a murder victim who remained Jane Doe for decades.
1:35.5	The 1981 murder of Carol Ann Cole.
1:39.0	If that name sounds familiar, you might recall me briefly mentioning Carol Ann Cole on the podcast episode
1:45.0	I released last month about the murder of Carolin Eaton, who was a Jane Doe known as Valentine
1:50.3	Sally until she was identified 39 years after she was found.
1:55.0	At one point during the investigation, a woman from Michigan became convinced that Valentine Sally might be her long lost sister, Carol Ann Cole.
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