“Įach episode of Killer Unknown chronicles the TCSO Cold Case Task Force as they re-examine the Woodson and Dean cases with fresh eyes, speaking with loved ones and reviewing evidence through modern technology in hopes of generating new leads for the cases. The next day, Woodson’s body was discovered by her brothers in a nearby field. Was someone going to help? Hope quickly turned to terror, as the stranger broke Woodson’s car window, dragged her out of the vehicle, and then raped and strangled her. Stranded in her vehicle, another car pulled up behind hers. At approximately 1 a.m., Woodson was on her 20-minute drive home when her 1958 Chevrolet broke down on the side of the road. “Her husband and children couldn’t have known they’d never see her again. “It was just the second night of the first job she ever had,” reads the official synopsis. She left home for her late-night job as a cleaning woman at First National Bank in Tulsa on July 26, 1973. Veda Woodson, 38, a mother of four, 38-year-old, was willing to make great sacrifices for her kids. Now, 20 years later, the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office has several new leads – but can they finally solve this case for good?” A manhunt was launched, and six days later, Dena’s body was found at a local dump site where kids would often hang out – it was too decomposed to determine a specific cause of death. When Dena failed to return home after curfew, her parents became uneasy that uneasiness turned to panic when they received a call from a friend who found Dena’s car. “With her parent’s permission, Dena left her shift and drove to Marvin’s – but was never heard from again. All victims have been submitted by law enforcement or the victims families. “After work, Dena asked her parents, Larry and Diana, if she could go to local grocery store Marvin’s Food Warehouse to see her best friend, as well as her boyfriend,” according to ID’s press statement. This database currently consists of unsolved homicides from 50 Florida counties, 46 U.S. Cold Case Files shows how timing, persistence and high-tech police work combine to catch people who have slipped through the cracks for decades.
COLD CASE FILES 2018 SERIES
Both unsolved cases continue to haunt the Tulsa community, and now the TCSO Cold Case Task Force is determined to find justice for the victims.įurther reading: The Unsolved Series on ID Will Put Cold Cases To Restġ6-year-old Dena Dean was working at her after-school job at Arby’s in Tulsa, on June 6, 1998. Cold Case Files: With Bill Kurtis, Dave Reichert, Kathy Mills, Melvyn Foster. The series will begin with two of its most terrifying: the 1973 murder of 38-year-old Veda Woodson, and the 1998 murder of 16-year-old Dena Ann Dean.
The force is currently examining 31 cases across Tulsa County, with the ultimate goal of finding answers and justice for victims and their families.