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48 Hours

Who Killed Jonelle Matthews?

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A former candidate for governor is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Does his decades-long fascination with the case mean he’s a true-crime junkie or a murderer? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

48 hours in CBS News present season three of My Life of Crime with Aaron Moriarty.

0:08.0

This season join Aaron for extended interviews with convicted murderers.

0:12.4

Go beyond speculation to the evidence. Did our Toro Gotti really commit suicide?

0:18.4

And what happened to Jennifer Dullos? The Connecticut mom still missing almost four years later.

0:24.2

Listen to My Life of Crime from 48 Hours on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.6

Where's Janelle?

0:42.0

You know where Janelle is. I wonder what happened to that 12-year-old little girl.

0:46.6

Everybody was looking for Janelle. What happened and why?

0:50.4

Nearly 37 years after young girl vanished from her home in Greeley, the trial,

0:57.1

underway in the Janelle Matthews murder case. Ladies and gentlemen, for 37 years,

1:02.4

Justice for Janelle has been denied. That change is beginning today.

1:09.0

Let's talk about December 20th, 1984.

1:12.4

My mom was going to California to visit her family for Christmas and I had a basketball game that night.

1:18.6

My dad dropped my sister off at the choir concert and he came and watched my game.

1:24.3

Janelle needed to ride home so she hopped in our truck and we took her home.

1:28.8

My dad waited until he saw her flick on the white. That was our sign that she made it inside and

1:33.7

everything's fine. I came home and you could tell Janelle had been there. I yelled out hi,

1:41.3

Janelle. Janelle, are you there? No answer. I got home probably between 930 and 10.

1:50.9

Jennifer, do you know where Janelle is? And I said no, she should be here. Was there anything

1:55.2

out of place in the house? Not to me. I'm starting to feel real uneasy. I called the police and told

2:03.4

them that my daughter was missing and they did uncover some footprints. I called home and he said,

2:13.2

I just have to tell you something. We can't find Janelle. I just had a sick feeling to my stomach.

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