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MURDERED: Tamekia Taylor & Jennifer Clemmings

Tamekia Taylor and Jennifer Clemmings couldn’t have been more different. One was an outgoing social butterfly, and the other was a private, laser-focused business woman. But both women were killed in their Metro Atlanta-area homes in the early 2000s in scarily similar crime scenes. It’s been more than 20 years since Tamekia and Jennifer died, and their murders have never been solved. Today, the question isn’t just who killed the women, it’s whether one monster was hunting them both.

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If you have any information about the murders of Tamekia Taylor or Jennifer Clemmings, contact the DeKalb County Cold Case Task Force at 404-371-2444 or email them [email protected].

Episode Source Material

  • Original reporting by Char Adams
  • DeKalb County Police Department. 2002. Incident Report: Case No. 02-154335. 
  • Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • DeKalb County Police Department. 2003. Incident Report: Case No. 03-011922. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences. 2003. Case No. 2003-1004132. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences. 2007, 2010, 2011. Case No. 2002-1041280. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • DeKalb County Police Department. 2002. Statement Form: Case No. 02-154335. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • DeKalb County Police Department. 2003. Statement Form: Case No. 03-011922. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • DeKalb County Police Department Major Felony Unit. Crime Scene Notes: 02-154335. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • DeKalb County Police Department Major Felony Unit. Case Notes:  03-011922. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • True Crime News. “Georgia Detectives Seek Leads in Possibly Related Murders of Successful Women.” True Crime News, 27 Mar 2018. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026. https://www.whas11.com/article/news/investigations/inside-investigations-who-killed-alberta-jones/417-549730769
  • Smith, Benjamin H. “Is a Serial Killer Responsible for 2 Unsolved Murders in Atlanta?” Oxygen, 31 Mar. 2020. Accessed 3 March 2026. www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/crime-news/jennifer-clemmings-tamekia-taylors-murders-connected Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
  • Corson, Pete. “How the AJC covered the Apriel Allen case from ‘ATL Homicide’” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 11 Sept. 2018. Accessed 3 March 2026.
  • “Voice of a Killer.” The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes, created by Paul Holes, Leane Vandeman, and Jessica Grimshaw. Season 1, episode 7, Wilshire Studios/NBCUniversal, March 20, 2020 on Oxygen. Accessed 3 March 2026. https://www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/season-1/episode-7/voice-of-a-killer
  • “Killer Connection.” The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes, created by Paul Holes, Leane Vandeman, and Jessica Grimshaw. Season 1, episode 8, Wilshire Studios/NBCUniversal, March 27, 2020 on Oxygen. Accessed 3 March 2026. https://www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/season-1/episode-7/voice-of-a-killer

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