Jennifer Jochum

It needed to be resolved.

I look at this as the case where the community lost its innocence.

where people were told, we're not going into Wahoo, you're not going out alone.

Inside the books was her name, and so he brought the books into Wahoo and ran into the police that were searching for her.

They all went back to where the books were found, and they found her body lying in a ditch on the side of the road.

That's a very good question.

There were other agencies involved, and it didn't seem like there was really a lead investigator.

And they were just relying on those polygraphs.

The first autopsy was not a quality autopsy, or at least by today's standards.

Obviously, it's science.

Things evolve.

The second autopsy was extremely valuable.

It added clarity to the manner of killing.

We were getting to a point that 55, 56 years ago this occurred, so we're starting to lose witnesses.

So the decision was made to take it before the grand jury.

I understand with some folks the plea deal wasn't particularly appealing.

You know, you have to look at the odds of even getting to trial.

We had to analyze the case and the evidence.

It was important to get the conviction.

We're bound to use those statutes as they existed at that time.