The Mystery of Jane Mixer

48 Hours

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True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 1969, Jane Mixer was attending the University of Michigan Law School when she was found dead just miles from her dorm. She had been shot twice in the head and strangled. Jane was the third of seven young women to be found dead in the area within two years. Investigators believed John Norman Collins was the serial killer responsible for several of the murders but couldn't prove he killed Jane. The case went cold until 2001 when the investigation was re-opened by testing DNA evidence collected more than 30-years earlier. “48 Hours" Correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 3/24/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	The She had been shot once in the front and once in the back of the head.
0:51.3	Here is just where he dumped her, on a night of cold rain.
0:57.0	Jane was a silent, but very strong presence growing up.
1:04.0	I had a lot of unanswered questions, both about Jane's murder, about who she had been.
1:11.6	I look back to 1969 to find out.
1:15.6	She was bright and articulate and concerned and empathetic.
1:26.6	I mean, she stood up for what she
1:29.9	thought was worth saying. One of the first women admitted to the University of
1:34.6	Michigan Law School. Very promising future ahead of her and her life was stolen.
1:39.1	She was on her way home for a weekend.
1:47.0	She was picked up supposedly at 6 o'clock by someone who's going to give her a ride to Muskegon, Michigan.
1:53.0	She gets into the vehicle with him, expecting to head west.
2:00.0	And we've got a certain number of hours where Jane's
2:03.6	basically missing.
2:05.6	In the early morning hours, March 21, 1969, Jane's body was discovered in the Denton Road Cemetery.
2:18.3	My aunt was shot twice in the head and strangled.
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