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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Two young beauties, ages 17 and 21, found in shallow graves wearing only 1 sock. Is there a serial killer at work?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

21-year-old Julia Woodward moves to Reno, Nevada. She's later found dead, with her hands tied and eyes sealed shut with Band-Aids. Over 30 years later, police suspect an unassuming retired plumber killed her and more. They fear he may possibly be a serial killer. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case:Ashley Willcott: Judge and trial attorney, Anchor on Court TVJames Shelnutt: 27 years Atlanta Metro Major Case detective, SWAT Officer (RET) AttorneyBethany Marshall: PsychologistDr. Tim Gallagher: Medical Examiner for State Of FloridaJennifer Dzikowski: Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.

0:01.7

I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:04.8

The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment

0:08.6

that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.

0:12.0

Because when families are rocked by death,

0:14.9

the only thing they really want are answers.

0:18.1

They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.

0:26.7

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.4

A cloth as a gag.

0:38.2

Her eyes sealed shut with band-aids.

0:42.4

Zip ties around her legs.

0:46.2

Twenty-one year old Julia Woodward found in a shallow grave in Hungary Valley,

0:53.3

about 15 miles from Reno.

0:57.2

What happened to Julia Woodward?

1:07.6

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:14.1

In best of years with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in Reno,

1:17.2

found a body in a shallow grave.

1:19.3

It was 20-year-old Julia Woodward.

1:21.5

Her body found in Hungary Valley, about 15 miles north of Reno.

1:26.4

Investigators say her eyes were sealed shut with band-aids.

1:29.5

They found zip ties on her legs.

1:31.6

A cloth used as a gag and rocks covered in hair and blood.

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