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Cold Case Files

Suspicious Minds

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home; for decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mill, pointing an accusing finger at Reesa's 13-year-old sister, Jodie. Check out our great sponsors! Clare: Go to Clare.com/coldcase for 10% off your order! ClickUp: Sign up at ClickUp.com and use code "coldcase" to get 15% off their massive Unlimited Plan! KiwiCo: Get your first month of ANY crate line FREE at KiwiCo.com/coldcase SimpliSafe: Get 40% off your order when you visit SimpliSafe.com/coldcase June's Journey: Download June’s Journey today! Available on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as on PC through Facebook Games! Progressive: Quote at Progressive.com to join the over 27 million drivers who trust Progressive!

Transcript

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0:00.0

an A&E original podcast.

0:03.0

This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.

0:07.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:13.0

Me and my sister shared the same bedroom our whole lives.

0:17.0

We were very close.

0:19.0

Risa was just a beautiful person and she had been brutally murdered.

0:23.0

I miss Risa every day, but at some point the police

0:27.0

could focus on one thing and that was that I had killed my sister.

0:32.0

A 15-year-old girl had been killed and got thought that soon

0:36.0

they were going to catch the person and it was all going to be over,

0:39.0

but it never happened that way.

0:47.0

There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America.

0:51.0

Each one is a cold case.

0:53.0

This is one of those rare stories.

1:05.0

It's June 15, 1984 in Southbury, a small town in the Piedmont region of North Carolina.

1:12.0

Southbury, North Carolina is not a tiny town, but it's small,

1:17.0

small enough where we can run around and do what we wanted

1:20.0

and not have to worry about anything.

1:22.0

We had only been out of school one full week.

1:25.0

It was a Friday and it was a beautiful day.

1:28.0

Hot day in the South.

1:30.0

Summer vacation is just getting started for 13-year-old Jody Trexler

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