Hello everyone, before we start the episode, I have an important announcement to make about one of our featured cases.

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.

At the time of this recording, they are performing preliminary tests to determine if there is a not-usable DNA to potentially uncover the identity of Orange Sox's killer.

In addition, it's also been announced that the DNA DO project has taken on this case and are going to attempt to identify the victim.

It will probably be months before we know anything, but I will keep you posted with any updates to this case on social media.

In the meantime, enjoy the episode.

October 31st, 1979.

Williamson County, Texas.

The nude body of a young woman is discovered in a concrete culvert next to the interstate.

She has been strangled to death and is only clad in a pair of orange Sox, but since she cannot be identified, Orange Sox becomes her nickname.

Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas eventually confesses to her murder and is sentenced to death, but evident strongly suggests he was not responsible.

The speculation that Orange Sox's case might be connected to another young woman known as the Walker County Jane Doe,

who was murdered one year later, but both victims remain unidentified.

After that, the trail went cold.

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the trail went cold.

I'm your host Robin Warder and today I'll be covering two murder cases involving unidentified female decedents known as Orange Sox and the Walker County Jane Doe.

As you probably know, our show is going to be spending the month of October covering mysteries which either took place on Halloween or of some sort of Halloween slant to them.

Both of these victims were murdered one year apart in Texas around Halloween and their speculation that the two cases might be connected.

Cases involving unidentified John or Jane Doe's are among the most highly discussed topics among true crime buffs and online sleuths,

which is why we have websites like the Doe Network and the National Missing and Unidentified System, aka Namus,

which have entire databases devoted to decedents whose true identities have never been established.

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