Unsolved Homicide: Janice Wessinger

Last Seen Alive

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When a well-liked South Carolina woman is murdered and left in the woods near her home, her family and friends are devastated. Investigators discover that the beloved mother and accomplished healthcare provider may have been stalked prior to her death in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

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0:00.0	When a well-liked South Carolina woman is murdered and left in the woods near her home, her family and friends are devastated.
0:07.8	Investigators discover that the beloved mother and accomplished health care provider may have been stalked prior to her death in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
0:36.1	Yeah. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.
0:41.2	I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.
0:43.4	And as always, I'm your co-host, Scott.
0:48.6	Janice Westinger was last seen alive on November 22, 1997.
0:53.3	She was 47 years old at the time and lived in Aiken, South Carolina.
0:55.5	That's a small town near the state's western border, not far from Augusta, Georgia. As is the case with most southern towns and cities,
1:01.5	Aiken experiences its fair share of crime. Still, the town has enough charm that Southern Living
1:06.7	Magazine has named Aiken the best small city in the south on numerous occasions.
1:12.4	And in any case, the crime we're going to discuss today would qualify as a disturbing anomaly in
1:17.2	any place. Janice had grown up in another South Carolina small town, one that was several
1:23.0	hours away, closer to the coast than the western border. But her career had brought her across the state to
1:28.3	Aiken, and she'd established a very fulfilling life there. Janice was known for her love of her work.
1:34.1	She was a registered nurse, the head triage nurse at the hospital where she worked, to be specific.
1:39.4	She had a true passion for medicine and her patients, and it showed. She took a lot of pride in treating
1:44.4	patients in the ER, and actually, Scott, this brings me to her appearance on one of the best
1:49.8	TV shows of the early 1990s, second only to Unsolved Mysteries. Do you remember the show Rescue
1:56.4	911? I do. So for anyone who doesn't know, back in the 90s, it came on TV, either before or after Unsolved
2:04.4	Mysteries in Man. What a powerhouse back-to-back combo it was. Similar to Unsolved Mysteries, Rescue
2:12.3	9-1 had several segments per episode, in which they featured dramatic reenactments in interviews with
2:18.0	actual first responders and other individuals involved in high-stakes 911 medical calls and their
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