Lieutenant Eddie Hope
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You kind of get your hopes up, then you let down, but yet that had been happening for, you know, 12 years.
You kind of get your hopes up, then you let down, but yet that had been happening for, you know, 12 years.
Kind of haunts at you if you're coming out here and you're You can't put a closure to it. You know, you can't end the story yet.
Kind of haunts at you if you're coming out here and you're You can't put a closure to it. You know, you can't end the story yet.
He said, last we had heard, she ran away from home, just like she just disappeared.
He said, last we had heard, she ran away from home, just like she just disappeared.
Well, I talked to her several times, and she agreed to send Kevin their DNA kit.
Well, I talked to her several times, and she agreed to send Kevin their DNA kit.
I was pretty excited. The whole department was excited.
I was pretty excited. The whole department was excited.
You know, we have homicides just like the rest of the world, but, you know, it's going as far as trying to burn the body. It really struck fear in people around here.
You know, we have homicides just like the rest of the world, but, you know, it's going as far as trying to burn the body. It really struck fear in people around here.
It doesn't matter what walk of life you come from, everybody's a person.
It doesn't matter what walk of life you come from, everybody's a person.
She had wood piled beneath her and wood piled on top of her. And there was, I believe, a gas can lid there. Wow. So it looked like somebody was trying to cover their tracks.
She had wood piled beneath her and wood piled on top of her. And there was, I believe, a gas can lid there. Wow. So it looked like somebody was trying to cover their tracks.
She had wood piled on top of her. She was still burning when the deputies got there. She couldn't really be identified. We had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.
She had wood piled on top of her. She was still burning when the deputies got there. She couldn't really be identified. We had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.
She never lost them. They said that's highly unusual.
She never lost them. They said that's highly unusual.
Nothing. If we got tips, ran them down. Because, I mean, we had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.
Nothing. If we got tips, ran them down. Because, I mean, we had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.
We would get people off the internet that would say, hey, I think this might be so-and-so, and we would follow up on that and eventually rule it out. What we were thinking at the time was maybe she's not from around here because nobody's missing her here.
We would get people off the internet that would say, hey, I think this might be so-and-so, and we would follow up on that and eventually rule it out. What we were thinking at the time was maybe she's not from around here because nobody's missing her here.
Small headstone that just reads Jane Doe. There's no other information we knew on her.
Small headstone that just reads Jane Doe. There's no other information we knew on her.
A Texas Ranger who sometimes worked with them said maybe he could help. And he was able to fly in an artist to try to reconstruct what our victim looked like in real life.
A Texas Ranger who sometimes worked with them said maybe he could help. And he was able to fly in an artist to try to reconstruct what our victim looked like in real life.
They just went on for years. I mean, it's basically all we had.
They just went on for years. I mean, it's basically all we had.
I was impressed that people cared. Because we live in a world where everything's fast-paced and a lot of people are worried about themselves and not others.
I was impressed that people cared. Because we live in a world where everything's fast-paced and a lot of people are worried about themselves and not others.
We just flew together. You know, whatever he needed that he couldn't get that I could get law enforcement-wise, he would send it to me.
We just flew together. You know, whatever he needed that he couldn't get that I could get law enforcement-wise, he would send it to me.
Genealogy, it's the way of the future. And to us homicide detectives, it's way above our heads, to be honest with you. So you welcomed their help?
Genealogy, it's the way of the future. And to us homicide detectives, it's way above our heads, to be honest with you. So you welcomed their help?
He started talking about a girl that he killed and burned several years ago.
He started talking about a girl that he killed and burned several years ago.
I just let him talk. He talked about this 12-year-old murder as if it happened yesterday. He left no detail out.
I just let him talk. He talked about this 12-year-old murder as if it happened yesterday. He left no detail out.
We had the confession and we still don't know who this person is and that just eats you up. Burnett said he didn't know who she was either.
We had the confession and we still don't know who this person is and that just eats you up. Burnett said he didn't know who she was either.