The Trail Went Cold - Episode 93 - Orange Socks & The Walker County Jane Doe

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

October 31, 1979. Williamson County, Texas. The nude body of a young woman is discovered in a concrete culvert next to Interstate 35. She has been strangled to death and is only clad in a pair of orange socks, but since she cannot be identified, “Orange Socks” becomes her nickname. Notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas eventually confesses to her murder and is sentenced to death, but there is strong evidence to suggest he was not actually responsible. November 1, 1980. Walker County, Texas. The nude body of another young woman is discovered next to Interstate 45. She has also been strangled to death and sexually assaulted with a blunt instrument. Witnesses would recognize the victim and recall speaking with her the previous night as she asked for directions to the Ellis Prison Unit. In spite of some promising clues, investigators are unable to uncover the victim’s identity, so she simply becomes known as the “Walker County Jane Doe”. Could the same perpetrator have been responsible for both these crimes? On this week’s episode of "The Trail Went Cold", we examine two unsolved cold cases about young women who were murdered in Texas one year apart, but have never been identified. Please check out the Doe Network profile pages for “Orange Socks” and the “Walker County Jane Doe”, which contain facial reconstructions for both victims, their vital statistics, and contact information for the proper authorities should you happen to know who they are… Orange Socks: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/33uftx.html Walker County Jane Doe: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/91uftx.html Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Socks https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Identity-of-Orange-Socks-remains-a-mystery-1972763.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County_Jane_Doe “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	Hello everyone, before we start the episode, I have an important announcement to make about one of our featured cases.
0:06.0	After this episode was already recorded, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office announced that DNA from an unknown contributor may have been found on forensic evidence from the Orange Sox case.
0:16.5	At the time of this recording, they are performing preliminary tests to determine if there is enough usable DNA to potentially uncover the identity of Orange
0:25.2	Sox's killer.
0:26.8	In addition, it's also been announced that the DNA Doe Project has taken on this case
0:31.7	and are going to attempt to identify the victim.
0:34.6	It will probably be months before we know anything, but I will keep you posted with any updates
0:38.9	to this case on social media.
0:41.3	In the meantime, enjoy the episode.
0:44.0	October 31st, 1979. Williamson County, Texas.
0:51.0	The nude body of a young woman is discovered in a concrete culvert next to the interstate.
0:56.0	She has been strangled to death and is only clad in a pair of orange socks, but since she cannot be identified,
1:02.0	orange socks becomes her nickname.
1:04.7	Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas eventually confesses to her murder and is sentenced to death,
1:09.7	but evidence strongly suggests he was not responsible.
1:13.5	There is speculation that Orange Sox's case might be connected to another young woman
1:17.3	known as the Walker County Jane Doe, who was murdered one year later, but both victims remain unidentified. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah.
1:35.0	Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:38.0	uh, uh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, yeah. Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
2:06.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today I'll be covering two murder cases involving
2:11.0	unidentified female decedents, known as Orange Sox and the Walker County
2:15.6	Jane Doe. As you probably know, our show is going to be spending the month of October covering
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