Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt and the story I have for you today

proves that the stranger the case the more elusive the justice. This is the story of Jane Newman. the So, It's precisely 6 18 p.m. on November 22nd 1993 when a 911 dispatcher receives a desperate call

from 29-year-old Jim Newman. And the pain in this guy's voice is a parent. He can barely get the words out as he tells the

911 dispatcher that he has found his wife of five years dead and that their

almost two-year-old son Jonathan appears to be missing.

Sheriff's deputies are dispatched to the house within minutes, finding Jim waiting for them,

seemingly very upset. And when deputies enter the residence, they notice that the front door has been broken open, and it's in the downstairs family room of their split level home that they find 30-year-old Jane Newman.

And the way they find her, I mean it is a horrific scene.

She's laying face up and you can tell that she had been shot in the head.

Oddly, according to an article in Minneapolis St. Paul magazine by

Linda Henry, they also find little pieces of like bubble wrap and electrical tape

that's scattered about. And no gun?

Nothing found.

All indications are that a shotgun was used though,

but that's gone and they don't see any major signs of a struggle. Also, despite that front door being busted and nothing appears to be missing. I mean, Jane's purse is literally sitting near her body and she's still wearing her leather coat, So it is like someone was just there for her

and got to her just as she walked into the house,

most likely from the garage.

I mean, that's kind of the only thing that makes sense, right? Like, there's no way she goes into that house. the thinking too, but no matter what happened, this is a shocking turn of events

considering where this is all taking place. Because it's happening in the

quiet town of Hudson on the western edge of Wisconsin bordering Minnesota, and this isn't some big city known for its violent crime.

This is actually only the second homicide in the entire county that year to give you an idea of

how rare this was.

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