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The Daily Crime

"There was a fingerprint"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3627 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In July, we covered the case of Jessica Gutierrez, a 4-year-old girl who was abducted from her family's home in Lexington, S.C., in 1996. Investigators now say they know who took her. WLTX Reporter Eleanor Tabone shares the story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up.

0:01.4

Investigators have worked on this case tirelessly to get an answer for the Gutier's family

0:06.5

and to be able to provide them with that, to provide them with some sort of closure.

0:11.6

I think they feel really relieved at this point.

0:14.0

For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.

0:16.7

You're listening to The Daily Crime.

0:32.5

In June of 1986, four-year-old Jessica Gutierrez was abducted from her family's home in Lexington, South Carolina. All the evidence that we have points to the early morning hours. Someone entered the residence through a

0:40.0

broken window, ended up taking the child from her bed, and exiting out the front door. And the

0:47.2

child has not been seen since. It's a case we covered on the daily crime back in July,

0:52.3

one that investigators said was solvable.

0:55.0

I asked the investigator straight on, do you think this case will be solved?

0:59.3

And he said yes.

1:00.2

What we're hoping is that with the 35th anniversary and the coverage that we're getting

1:09.2

is that people will see this and it may spark something

1:14.2

in their past that they remember that, again, they may have discounted years ago, but now

1:20.4

they think, hey, this may have something to do with it.

1:22.8

So we're really hoping that it can generate some new and some fresh leads for us.

1:27.8

They just hope that getting her story out and keeping it out and helping people remember

1:32.3

will at some point let them know what happened to Jessica.

1:37.3

It may be the piece that we're looking for that can solve the puzzle that we need.

1:43.5

So if anybody has any information, please call, please let us know.

1:48.0

Investigators now say they've solved that puzzle.

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