When investigators in Alachua County, Florida discovered the remains of two people among the charred ruins of a burned down shack, and a letter in a nearby car that seemed to explain the entire scene, police in two

states thought they were on the brink of closing a multiple murder case that started

all the way north in New Hampshire. But as experts attempted case that

started all the way north in New Hampshire.

But as experts attempted to identify the two people found in that

shack,

doubt started to poke glaring holes in the case.

If you haven't already, go back. glaring holes in the case.

If you haven't already, go back one episode

and listen to part one of this story.

You'll want to hear where this case all began

in Jackson, New Hampshire.

I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Malcolm,

Elizabeth, and Paige Jennings, part two,

on Dark Down East. It was January 28th, 1985, and the Alachua County Sheriff's Office had just received another phone

call about a suspicious car in a field off State Roads 236 and 93 in High Springs.

Even though the first searches for the vehicle in previous days

turned up nothing, Deputy Sergeant Danny Brown was dispatched to the area for

another look around and this time he was able to locate the car in question.

According to a report by Deputy Sergeant Brown contained in the New Hampshire State

Police case file an abandoned blue Fiat was parked in the middle of the field.

As the officer peered through the windows, he could see that the keys were in the ignition,

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