(dramatic music) (people speaking on radio indistinctly) - [Narrator] A common
statement among the loved ones of the victims of crimes
that become cold cases is that they thought the
cases would never be solved. But in recent years it appears that this is less and less the
fate for many of these cases where the trail of
information had long run cold because new advances are
capable of digging up clues which had evaded detection and leading investigators
right to the truth even in cases that go
back multiple decades. What is up EWU crew? Over the past few years, more cold cases than ever
are finally being solved bringing relief and closure
to the bereaved families. Today, we are going to talk about five amazing solved cold cases in 2020. Christine Jessop. One of Canada's most notorious
and troubling cold cases was finally solved in 2020. The case of Christine Jessop
rocked the country as a whole leaving many parents
disturbed and terrified after the nine-year-olds
fate became public knowledge. Today, however, the infamous
case has a conclusion but it is one that leaves many feeling that true justice will never be served. On October 3rd, 1984, Christine Jessop was
kidnapped from her home in Queensville near the
greater Toronto area. Christine's mother and older brother Kenny left Christine at home on her own when they traveled to
visit her father, Bob, where he was in custody
at a detention center. As Christine was only
nine, her mother had deemed that she was too young to
see her father behind bars and to be exposed to the other inmates of the detention center. But later that day they returned home to find that Christine was missing. When she couldn't be found her mother called the police saying that her daughter had been taken. Once the police were
notified about the abduction, searches were organized and much of the community rallied together to find the little girl. Sadly, no trace of her
could be found for months but still her family didn't give up hope. Unfortunately in this case there would be no happy ending. Her body was discovered on New Year's Eve three months after she disappeared,
31 miles from her home. She had been assaulted and stabbed. At first, there were no leads
in finding Christine's killer. Yet, it was less than a
year after Christine's death that the police had an
enormous break in the case. In April, 1985, they arrested
and charged Guy Paul Morin with her murder. Morin was her next door neighbor and had become a suspect
during the investigation because of his close proximity. Though the public was initially relieved to have someone they regarded as a horrific killer behind bars, Morin's trial did not go as expected. First, there was a mistrial which then resulted in an appeal that spanned over multiple years. It wasn't until 1992, a full seven years after his initial conviction that Morin was charged
with first degree murder. He was sentenced to a life term in prison, but the saga of Christine's
death did not end there. And though no one knew it at the time, the frustrations of the case
were only just beginning. After Morin spent 18 months in prison, evidence from Christine's
body was examined and it was shockingly determined that Morin couldn't have been her killer. He was officially proven to be innocent and released from prison
after the wrongful conviction. Following Morin's release an
inquiry began to understand how an innocent man had
been convicted of a crime he didn't commit. The inquiry showed that the
police had mismanaged the case in their eagerness to
find and arrest a culprit for the crime that had
garnered the attention of the entire nation, resulting in Morin being
awarded 1.25 million for his wrongful conviction. The inquiry also led to many
alterations in how the police in Canada operated during
murder investigations. After Morin was cleared of the crime, a task force was assigned to the case which interviewed over 300 men each time collecting and comparing DNA against a semen sample found
in Christine's underwear. Though the task force
initially appeared promising, the case soon went completely cold. Police ran out of suspects and the task force was disbanded in 1998. Christine's family wasn't
sure if they would ever receive any more leads and maybe never learn the
identity of her killer. However, in October, 2020 it was a genetic genealogy website that finally brought a
suspect's name to light. Police sent the degraded residue of the semen stains they
found to the American lab Othram Incorporated to verify the DNA and create a full
profile of their suspect. The lab then uploaded
the results to GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA where
they established a family tree as well as compared to the DNA against a sample taken from The
Center for Forensic Science. After six months of research,
they finally had a match and a name for a suspect 36
years after Christine had died. Calvin Hoover has since been
named as the main suspect. Interestingly, during the
initial investigations, Hoover was never even considered
to be a possible suspect. Both of Christine's parents
were understandably relieved to finally receive this update and said that they had
worried they wouldn't live to see the day their
daughter's killer was caught. Hoover had been 28 at the
time of Christine's death. And Christine's brother Kenny revealed that Hoover's wife at the time, Heather, had worked with their father
Bob and that she was a friend of their mothers during the
period before Christine's death. Kenny also said that Hoover
had been considered a friend of their family and
even visited their home. Even more shocking, Kenny recalled that
Hoover had been present at the many searches for Christine over the first few
months when she vanished, and that he had even attended her funeral and come to their house
for the wake after. Morin, the man who had been
wrongfully accused of the crime, said that he had been
notified of the development in the case by police
who came to his house. He revealed, "I can say that I'm happy that there's closure for
the Jessops' peace of mind. It's something I was always expecting." Morin's family has been speaking out about the relief to see him
fully exonerated by science. Though he had been completely cleared, the shadow of suspicion had
still followed him for decades until now that the real
killer has been named. Though there was finally a break in one of the most notorious
Canadian cold cases, few people are celebrating. Hoover died by (beep) in 2015. If he had been alive when
the investigation broke he would have been
arrested and questioned. But as he is deceased, the investigation is
meeting many roadblocks. For now, Hoover is being
referred to as the main suspect and the presumed killer as he can not be formally
charged posthumously. Though the public has condemned Hoover as Christine's killer, the police investigation is still underway and they are attempting
to build a timeline of Hoover's whereabouts in accordance with Christine's death. There are many questions
that are still left unanswered though the
case is finally closer to being concluded. Detective Steve Smith from
the homicide cold case unit has said that the investigation has "actually really kicked
into full steam now." Police are now looking into
the details of Hoover's life over these past three decades, and specifically trying to
find any other possible victims as they are not ruling out the chance that he could have been
involved in other crimes. The investigation has also revealed that they have been flooded with tips. Hoover's own family, his ex-wife Heather, and their sons have been cooperating as best as they can with the police. Though they themselves were shocked and devastated with the news, they have provided help with everything the police have asked of them. Bob Jessop, Christine's
father, spoke out recently and said that he doesn't
really remember Hoover or how he was involved in their lives, saying, "It seems to me
that he must have had some reason for it. I can't figure it out,
what would it have been. I really don't know." The conclusion of this
case may bring some closure to Christine's family as they now know the name of her killer, but they may never receive
some of the answers they desperately want nor see justice fully served in the sense of Hoover having to acknowledge his crimes and face the consequences. Carla Jan Walker. One of Texas's oldest cold
cases was solved in 2020. For 46 years the shocking
death of Carla Jan Walker was left unsolved. February 16th, 1974 was a day of celebration and joy that took a shocking and tragic turn. 17 year old Carla Walker,
a popular cheerleader, was getting ready for
the Valentine's Day dance at her high school in Fort Worth, Texas. Described by many to be
an outgoing spitfire, her family was excited to
see her off with her date, her boyfriend Rodney. Rodney McCoy was a year older than Carla. And as he was the football
team's quarterback, the two of them made the
perfect high school couple. They apparently had a great
time at the school dance where they met up with friends. Though the dance was supervised, the couple reportedly
managed to sneak a few sips from a flask and each
smoked what was reported to be a small amount of pot. Though they were having fun, the couple left the
dance early to get food with their friends at a local eatery. Carla and Rodney eventually
left their friends in search of some alone time and went to the well-known
hangout for local teens, a bowling alley. However, instead of going inside, the two decided to sit in
the back of their vehicle in the mostly empty parking lot. As teens do, they were
talking and laughing in the back seat before
the couple started kissing. Because of the angle at
which Carla was sitting, her back was up against the car door. And because they were
both in the back seat occupied with each other, they didn't notice as a
stranger approached the vehicle. People rarely lock their doors while they're inside the vehicle. And Rodney was no different. So when the stranger pulled
at the door behind Carla, it opened easily and she
tumbled outside onto the ground. Rodney tried to grab Carla
from where she had fallen but the stranger pulled out a gun and pointed it at Rodney
threatening to kill him. Carla, reportedly screamed, "I'll go with you just don't shoot him!" Rodney heard the gun fire and he panicked thinking he was being shot. But then the stranger
pointed the gun into his face and pulled the trigger again, but this time nothing happened. Rodney realized the gun wasn't loaded but before he had time to think further, he was struck in the head repeatedly, which knocked him unconscious. When her woke up, he
was still in his vehicle with a bleeding gash on his
head, but Carla was missing. The last thing that Rodney remembered was that Carla had shouted to him, "Go get my dad!" Covered in blood, Rodney
raced to Carla's house and told her parents what happened. Horrified, the Walkers called the police and Carla's shocked father
went back to the bowling alley. Police met him there and they found a magazine for
a 22 caliber Ruger pistol. The search for Carla Walker was enormous including police and
volunteers who went by foot, horseback and helicopter to
try to find any sign of her. Rodney had given the police an
incredibly clear description of the stranger. He said the man was Caucasian and slender, clean-cut with short wavy hair and had been wearing a
shiny green sleeveless vest and a white cowboy hat. Rodney was also sure
that he had heard the man speak with a Texas accent. At first, Rodney himself
had become a suspect, but more because the
police had no other leads. Carla's body was found after
three days of searching in a ditch near Lake Benbrook. Through her autopsy, it appeared that she had died 24 to 36
hours after she was taken. And that she had been held
captive for that period during which she was
tortured and assaulted. It was also revealed that she had been injected with morphine. Her death was believed to
be caused by strangulation. As soon as she was found, the police were flooded with
tips and suggested suspects by the general public. In fact, the police
recorded about 200 calls containing possible information. It seemed like the case
would be easily solved as there were several viable suspects. One suspect who caught
the police's attention was Glenn Samuel McCurley who lived less than a mile
from the bowling alley, was off work from his truck driving job, and didn't have anyone
to vouch for his alibi because his wife was away
the night Carla was taken. McCurley had become a person of interest when he bought bullets for
a gun matching the magazine found in the parking lot
where Carla was abducted. When police asked to see his gun, he said that it had been stolen around the time that Carla was taken and that he never reported it because he had a criminal record
from a previous car theft. Though McCurley was clearly suspicious, the police had no conclusive evidence to link him to the crime. And so they had to release him. The police followed up on other suspects and some people even
came forward to confess they were involved but each person was ultimately eliminated. For years, police revisited Carla's case and frequently they had leads but none resulted in finding her killer. However, the investigators
were sure they would one day ultimately solve Carla's murder as they had collected DNA evidence from Carla's body and her clothing. The only problem was the
technology to accurately sequence the DNA samples didn't exist in the 1970s. It wasn't until 2019, decades after Carla's horrific murder that her case received a renewed interest when a letter related to
her death was discovered and shared to social media. With more recent awareness on her case, the DNA found on Carla's bra
was sent Othram Incorporated. Using the most cutting edge technology that hadn't previously been available. Othram created a full
DNA profile of a suspect. The profile was compared in
CODIS, Combined DNA Index System which failed to find any results. But when added to GEDmatch, the DNA sequence came up
with a narrowed search to three brothers with
the last name McCurley. on July 7th, 2020, investigators took the bin from outside of 77 year old Glen
Samuel McCurley's house. As he had been the
police's primary suspect, they were quick to narrow down his name from his brothers who
appeared in the DNA match. Items from his bin were examined and his DNA was collected. On September 4th, 2020, it was determined that McCurley's DNA matched
the DNA on Carla's bra. A few days later, the
police approached McCurley where they spoke to him and his wife. He told them the exact same story that he had recited years prior, that he hadn't killed anyone and that he never knew Carla Walker. McCurley even provided a DNA sample and consented to having it analyzed. These swabs of McCurley's DNA once again matched the
sample found on Carla and he was finally arrested. McCurley is charged with capital murder and is being held on a $100,000 bail while he awaits trial. The details of McCurley's life
over the past four decades are still being examined. Jim Walker, Carla's brother,
spoke at a news conference announcing the development
in the case saying, "Finally, after 46 years,
five months and three days, we have a name, a face
and are working toward a complete resolution." Though Jim says they are
praying for McCurley's family, he wants to see full justice
served in his sister's death. However, Carla's case took a dramatic turn when McCurley spoke from prison. No longer denying having anything to do with Carla's death, McCurley is now claiming
that he saved her. In an interview, McCurley explained that he had been heavily drinking the night he randomly came across Carla and her boyfriend in the parking lot of the bowling alley. McCurley alleged quote,
"He was hitting on her, and I was drinking beer
in the parking lot. And I saw him. He was screaming. And I went over there and opened the door, and knocked him off of her." He then went on to claim that
he pulled Carla to his car where they talked until she calmed down. And she had apparently thanked him for getting her boyfriend off of her. McCurley then described,
"She just gave me a hug. I gave her a kiss. I mistook her for something else. I didn't mean to do it." He refused to explain anything
more about Carla's murder but many people are looking at his statement with skepticism. More details are expected to be revealed when a trial date is finally set for 2021. Fawn Cox. Occasionally when a murder is solved, it brings both a resolution
as well as a reckoning. Sometimes the long awaited answers end up being something you never expected. This was the case for
the family of Fawn Cox. On July 26, 1989, 16 year-old Fawn Cox came home late after finishing Worlds
Of Fun in Kansas City. She normally worked until 11:00 p.m. and so it was not unusual for her family to not hear from her as she
often went directly to bed when she had to work the next day. Fawn was known to be a normal teenager, one who went to church and
stayed out of any trouble. The next morning, Fawn's
little sister, Felisa, heard Fawn's alarm going
off within her room but she wasn't getting
up or turning it off. Felisa went in to rouse her
sister and shake her awake, but instead she found her dead. (ominous music) Felisa remembered that she
had been gone for a while by the time she had discovered her. Her mother Beverly also came into the room sure that Fawn simply
had to still be sleeping. During the night, someone
had entered Fawn's room through the window. She was assaulted and then strangled and left in her bedroom
for her family to find. Her family noted that they
hadn't heard anything alarming that night which would have
indicated something was wrong. But the house was running
loud air conditioners which likely hid any sound. Although they did recall hearing
the dog barking that night which sounded as though it was agitated but because the animal was
pregnant, it was explained away. Police were sure that
the attack was targeted and because the perpetrator
chose Fawn's exact window and was able to remain undetected, it was clear to investigators that the killer probably knew Fawn. They had collected DNA
evidence from the scene but at the time lacked the technology to use it to find her killer. Three teenagers were initially
believed to be responsible for her death and were even charged, but there wasn't enough evidence
at the time to convict them as they couldn't be definitively
placed at the scene. One of the teens spent eight
months in jail for the crime but as the case fell apart, the three teens were ultimately released and the charges dropped. Crime Stoppers eventually
joined the search for Fawn's killer. An enormous billboard with
Fawn's face was put up along with a $10,000 reward for any tips that would lead to an arrest, but nothing was uncovered. As Fawn's case went cold, many within the police department were left feeling disturbed. A few had expected that
whoever killed Fawn would strike again and then they would be
able to catch the killer but no one ever surfaced. Sergeant Benjamin Caldwell
previously commented on the case's unsolved status saying, "Whoever killed her either
has never been charged with a felony or is no longer alive. People don't start killing and then quit and stay out of trouble, as if they fell off
the face of the earth." But that is exactly what
appeared to have happened. As for 31 years Fawn's
killer was never found. Her family never gave up though, as Fawn's death haunted them for decades. They were determined that they would one day find her killer. And over the years they hosted
fundraisers to garner support for Fawn's case to receive
the advanced DNA testing that would name her killer. Her case was solved in
2020 through a partnership between Kansas City Police and the FBI. The advanced DNA testing
needed was too expensive for the police department. And though Fawn's family
offered to pay the bill, it was the FBI which
paid for the analysis. It took only a few weeks
to have the answers her family had been waiting for, but what they discovered
was completely unexpected and shook them to their core. The testing revealed that Fawn's attacker and killer had been her
own cousin, Donald Cox Jr. Cox died from an overdose in 2006. At first, the police refused
to release Cox's name as he is deceased and cannot be charged, but Fawn's family came forward
to the public with the news. As they had always spoken
publicly about the case it didn't appear right to them
to withhold the conclusion because the truth was disturbing. Fawn's family had spoken
openly about how painful the lack of answers was but uncovering the truth adds
another level of hardship for their closure. Fawn's sister Felisa commented saying, "It's a relief there's closure. The answers aren't always
what we are asking for, but there's closure." Margaret Peggy Beck. The oldest case we have for you today was left unsolved for a shocking 56 years. Like many of the other cases
we have talked about today it was solved with the use of
a revolutionary DNA testing. And investigators think that it is likely the oldest cold case to be solved with the use of genealogical databases. Even though it has finally been solved, many unanswered questions
still swirl around this case. Back in August, 1963, Margaret Peggy Beck was on
a trip with her Girl Scouts. The 16 year old was at the
Flying G Ranch Girl Scouts Camp near Deckers, where she was a counselor after having joined the Girl
Scouts when she was nine. When she wasn't at camp, Peggy lived in Edgewater,
Colorado with her parents and three sisters. On August 18th, around midnight, Peggy went into her tent alone. The Girl Scouts had been
on a five day long trip and this was the last night so Peggy was likely looking
forward to some sleep. On normal nights she would be
accompanied by her tent mate, Claudia Shrine, but the girl
had come down with a cold and was sleeping in the infirmary. The tents were spread
out, leaving Peggy alone and about 30 feet away from anyone else. When Peggy didn't show up
for breakfast the next day, her tent mate went to find her and found Peggy zipped
in her sleeping bag. She tried to wake her
up, but nothing worked. Shocked, Claudia alerted the Scout leaders who discovered that Peggy had died sometime during the night. Initially the Scout leaders believed that Peggy had died from natural causes. And so they told Claudia
to pack up both hers and Peggy's belongings while
they took down her tent and cleared up the area as was
normal after a camping trip. It took the leaders eight
hours to finally contact police with no explanation
except that they believed that the otherwise healthy 16
year old had died naturally. That is, until they saw
bruises forming on her neck. Police saw the bruises as proof that she had died from strangulation. After an investigation, it was determined that someone had entered
Peggy's tent that night and assaulted her before killing her and zipping her back
into the sleeping bag. The police believed that
the calculated nature of zipping her body into the sleeping bag was an indication that this was not her attackers first time killing. Peggy had put up a fight though and there were skin cells
discovered under her fingernails. The Scout leaders unintentionally
created a huge obstacle for the police investigation when they contaminated the crime scene by cleaning everything up. Much of the evidence
was lost or disrupted. And so investigators had
a harder than usual time creating a profile to find Peggy's killer. However, later the same day she was found, a tip was called into the police that said there was a man at a bus stop who had scratches on his face, similar to the ones that Peggy may have inflicted on her attacker. However, when police interviewed
the man, they let him go. Another suspect was James Sherbondy who had been in and for 25 years for the murder of an Eagle
County Sheriff's Deputy. He had stopped contact
with a parole officer at the time of Peggy's death but Sherbondy was eventually cleared. For years, there were multiple suspects and even a few confessions to the crime but none that were real. Both of Peggy's parents passed away without seeing their daughter's
killer brought to justice. But her case wasn't forgotten even after five decades had passed. So by 2007, when technology was able to
accurately create a profile from the skin cells originally collected from under Peggy's fingernails, investigators opened her case again. The DNA profile was placed in CODIS, but it didn't find a match. However, the case was once
again revisited in 2019 when a complete profile could be created, and this time it pointed to a family. Police believed that their suspect had to be related to the family and so they were contacted. The family cooperated
to provide DNA samples to help pinpoint the killer. In 2020, 56 years after the crime, the police had a name. James Raymond Taylor. Taylor would have been in his early 20s at the time of Peggy's death. He worked as a TV and radio repairman and he lived in Edgewater. It is believed that
Taylor had a familiarity with the remote area where
the Girl Scouts would camp as he had been to the
area to build ham radios. It is thought that he was out that night seeking a victim and saw
that Peggy was alone. But there is still a huge
problem with the case. Taylor's family haven't
seen or heard from him since the 1970s. His only last whereabouts
dates back to 1976 when he was in Las Vegas. Taylor would be around 82 now and investigators have said
that they have been searching for any trace of him for
several months with no luck. They have no idea where he is or what happened to him. Currently, they aren't even
sure if he's still alive. However, the search for
him has not stopped. As Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Schrader has said, "Nothing would
give us greater pleasure than to actually put
handcuffs on James Taylor." Peggy's three sisters
finally have the closure they thought they would never see, but reopening the wound of
their sibling's untimely death has been painful for them. Though it isn't exactly what
they may have wished for, the police are actively
searching for Taylor so that Peggy's death will see justice. The sisters issued a joint
statement upon hearing the news of Taylor's name being released saying, "Peggy was a beautiful
young girl who loved life. She was loving and
protective of her family and we will cherish our
memories of her forever." A warrant Taylor's arrest has been issued by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. And anyone who has any
information about Taylor is asked to call 303-271-5612. Case 63-10355. Christopher Alvin Dailey. The most unusual of all of
these recently solved cases is that of 26 year old
Christopher Alvin Dailey. April 26, 1995 in Huntsville, Alabama, an hour before he was reported missing, Christopher Dailey's body was found near an abandoned logging
road by two 17 year olds who were out in the remote
area collecting leaves. It appeared that
Christopher had been killed by a single gunshot wound to the head. Close by, his 1983 Tan Toyota Tercel was found partially submerged
in the nearby Tennessee River. When investigators opened the vehicle, they found a large rock
tired to the accelerator. They also found his wallet
and ID and were able to verify that the body four miles away was that of Christopher Dailey. Christopher was only
reported missing a full day after he had last been seen while at an meeting for
the Huntsville Hilton Hotel where he worked as a server. The police investigators
began an intensive inquiry to find Christopher's killer, but the case struggled to find any leads. They didn't have the same
access to surveillance footage or even the location cell phone data that police rely heavily on today. In fact, they never found
any suspects in the case as there were no clues to who could have killed the young man. At the time, Decatur Police
Sergeant John Bradford reportedly referred to the
case as a "Real whodunit." The case was frequently
revisited by investigators hoping to find new information
that would reveal a suspect in Christopher's death, but over the decades
nothing else ever emerged. Though never officially closed, the case quickly fell
into the doomed category of a cold case. Christopher's murder would
remain unsolved for 25 years. On November 18th, 2020, the violent Crimes Detectiv
Sean Mukaddam answered the phone to one of the most bizarre
calls of his 15 year career. At first he thought it had to be a prank as the caller told him, "I want to confess to a
murder I did years ago." Mukaddam couldn't help but be skeptical when he asked for more details and the caller claimed he
couldn't remember exactly when he had committed the murder but thought it was in the 80s. It isn't often the police
receive confessions and have to work backwards
to match the crime with the killer, but that is exactly
what Mukaddam had to do. He and other detectives
gathered unsolved cases from the 1980s in order to
narrow down the location and year to one that sounded similar to what the caller had described. Mukaddam said they had to
scramble to find cases similar, but sure enough it soon
sounded like the caller was describing Christopher
Dailey's death 25 years prior. Mukaddam tested the caller, asking questions about the case that only someone involved
could satisfactorily answer. It was only then that the detectives knew the caller was credible and actually confessing to the murder. The caller, 53 year-old
Johnny Dwight Whited, agreed to meet up with detective Mukaddam and from the back of a patrol car directed him to the murder scene, including getting out of the vehicle and walking to the exact spot
where Christopher's Toyota had been partially submerged. When Whited described to
Mukaddam some of the details of how the vehicle entered to the river in ways that only the
investigators would know, as well as reenacting the crime, the detective was officially convinced. Whited had been 28 at the
time of Christopher's death which was his explanation for not remembering the exact year he took Christopher's life. As the investigation
continued, Mukaddam said that whited appeared to express
his remorse for his crime and that he was embarrassed
about what he had done. Mukaddam said that he could
tell it had been weighing on him for a long time and that he
wanted to get it off his chest. Whited then revealed that
he was terminally ill and it was his illness
that sparked his confession decades after the crime "He killed somebody. He could have come forward
all those years ago," Mukaddam clarified. Though neither the
detective nor Whited himself ever clarified what his
terminal diagnosis was, a few local media outlets stated it as stage four lung cancer. Whited was charged with
Christopher's death soon after his confession. He is being held on a $15,000
bail until his upcoming trial. After 25 years, Christopher's family
finally has some answers and like many other families
of cold case victims, they never thought they would
know what truly happened. What is often most crucial when cold cases are finally solved is that families are finally given some
semblance of an answer as to why this tragedy
befell their loved one. According to Mukaddam, providing closure to Christopher's family
was part of Whited's motive for calling in his confession. However, Whited refused
to ever discuss his motive but did reveal that he
didn't know Christopher before he killed him and he had only met him moments before. Mukaddam spoke, "He said he was sorry and he wished it never happened. He blamed it on his state
of mind at the time. Obviously that's not an
excuse for killing somebody. There's really no excuse
for killing somebody else." The missing motive still
frustrates investigators. However, some details about
the killer have been revealed such as a Whited having
consistent drug related arrests throughout his life. He had been arrested for
possessing a crack pipe not even three weeks after Christopher's body was discovered. In a strange twist, Whited
is currently awaiting a second trial in May of 2021. This time for a methamphetamine charge. It is unclear if Whited's
patterns of drug offenses is in any way related to his
killing of Christopher Dailey. With Whited's upcoming trial
likely sometime in mid 2021 more details about the
crime will be revealed and hopefully provide more answers and closure for Christopher's family. Lately more cold cases than
ever are finally being solved and DNA evidence continues to be utilized to hunt down the perpetrators and serve long awaited justice. However, it appears
that closure and justice do not always turn out as expected. We can only hope that even more crimes continue to be solved even decades later.
