The Trail Went Cold - Episode 356 - Cathy Jo Bohlken

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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December 26, 1993. Monticello, Iowa. After she fails to show up for work, 22-year old Cathy Jo Bohlken is found dead inside the bedroom of her apartment. She has been bound with duct tape and has a plastic bag over her head and was sexually assaulted and stabbed at least 54 times. Two years later, Travis Jamieson, a friend of Cathy’s younger brother who was only 16 years old at the time of the crime, is charged with the murder. Even though DNA testing links Travis to a semen sample found in Cathy’s body, there is no other physical evidence against him. Since Travis’ defence attorneys bring up issues with the validity of the DNA testing at his trial, he winds up being acquitted and set free. Did Travis Jamieson get away with the murder of Cathy Jo Bohlken or was someone else actually responsible? We will attempt to answer that question, as we present this month’s first “Trail Went Cold” episode about cases which took place around Christmastime. Additional Reading: https://www.newspapers.com/image/130357265/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/132557294/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/128251280/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/548723441/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/548723448/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/549575322/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/549576162/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/550152813/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/549584314/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/130612305/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/550152837/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/130612316/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/549700889/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/550802115/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/550802223/ https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/monticello-man-arrested-in-stabbing-indicated-bar-patron-would-not-hurt-my-family-again/ “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 produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	December 26th, 1993.
0:02.0	Montecello, Iowa.
0:06.2	After she fails to show up for work, 22-year-old Kathy Joe Bolkin is found dead inside
0:11.1	her apartment and she has been sexually assaulted and stabbed at least 54 times.
0:16.3	Two years later, Travis Jameson, a friend of Kathy's brother who was only 16 years old at
0:21.6	the time of the crime, is charged with her murder.
0:24.8	Even though DNA testing links Travis to a seaman sample found inside Kathy's body,
0:29.7	his defense attorneys bring up issues with the validity of the evidence at his trial.
0:34.3	As a result, Travis wound up being acquitted and set free, so the truth about who killed Kathy
0:39.8	remains up for debate.
0:41.7	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, and uh, uh, yeah.
1:03.0	Oh, uh, uh, and uh, and uh,
1:05.0	and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:24.6	I'm your host Robin Warner, and today we're going to be covering a case which went to trial
1:29.6	and ended in a controversial verdict, the 1993 murder of Kathy Joe Bolkin.
1:35.9	We have now entered the month of December and, per tradition, I'm going to be spending the
1:40.0	next few episodes covering some cases which took place on or around Christmas.
1:45.5	This particular crime was originally suggested to me about two years ago by a listener
1:49.4	named Christine and while I had never heard of it before, I found myself being surprised by some of the things I learned after I started my research.
1:57.0	Kathy Joe Bolkin was a divorced mother who was found murdered inside her apartment the day after Christmas 30 years ago, and the perpetrator went to the trouble of bounding her with duct tape, placing a plastic bag over her head, and sexually assaulting her before stabbing her no less than 54 times.
2:14.0	Everyone was shocked by the sheer brutality of this crime,
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