WANTED: A Christmas Killer
Five days before Christmas in 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews went missing from her Colorado home and she wouldn’t be discovered for over three decades. In the course of the investigation, one man’s bizarre actions have put him front and center on the police’s radar and they call him a person of interest in this Christmas killing.
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Episode Source Material
- Former candidate for ID governor investigated in 1984 Colorado cold case killing
- After haunting Colorado for three decades, there is new hope in the Jonelle Matthews case
- Jonelle Matthews Investigation: Chronicling the 34-year search for missing Greeley 12-year-old
- Wikipedia – Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews
- FBI weighs in on how child abduction investigations have changed since Jonelle Matthews disappearance
- Jonelle Matthews discovery provides closure for family but new chapter is only just begun
- Jonelle Matthews disappearance anniversary: Timeline of events
- Greeley PD taking a new look Jonelle Matthews case
- Greeley girl’s disappearance still a mystery after 25 year
- Missing Girls’ parents meet to share tips
- Unsolved: The disappearance of Beth Miller
- Colorado cold cases: 14-year-old Idaho Springs girl vanished on Aug. 16, in 1983
- Suspect in Greeley cold case files to get judge removed from case, says they have a vendetta against him
- Full KTVB interview with former Idaho governor candidate Steve Pankey
- Gay Idaho gubernatorial candidate backs same-sex marriage, opposes add the words
- Steve Pankey’s Official campaign website
- Into the Cold: Jonelle Matthews’ Story
- Websleuths – Jonelle Matthews
- Search Warrant
- Jonelle Matthews Missing
- Polly Klaas
- NCMEC
- After a girl vanished in 1984, Ronald Reagan pleaded for help. Her body was finally found.
- 25 years after Greeley girl vanished, no clues
- Jonelle Matthews discovery provides closure for family, but new chapter is only just begun
- 1984 Greeley col case given new life as former Idaho gov. candidate comes under investigation
- Family Hopes for Answers in Colo, girl’s death
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