Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jennifer Harris

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1:30Speaker 2:On Sunday May twelfth, two thousand and two, Mother's Day evening, twenty eight year old Jennifer Harris had spent the day with her family, and at six point thirty pm that night, she arrived at her friend Christy Farr's house in their hometown.

1:43Speaker 3:Of Bond, Texas.

1:45Speaker 2:Bonham is in the northeast corner of the state, near the Oklahoma border. It was a rainy night, and Jennifer and Christy were just relaxing and swapping recipes until around eight pm. Apparently, Jennifer was wanting to make chicken spaghetti when Jennifer told Christy that she had to go. Over the years, Jennifer's family has publicly stated they believe she was leaving to meet someone, but it's impossible to know for sure. Jennifer, who was living with her grandmother temporarily in Bonham, never came home. Later that night, a neighbor walking their dog down a deserted country road twenty six' ten Near Bonham lake saw a soft top green jeep abandoned off the side of the. Road the neighbor didn't think too much about it until the next, Day may, thirteenth when they walked their dog again and saw the vehicle.

2:40Speaker 2:Again after realizing that green jeep had been sitting out there all, night the neighbor called the police to report. It the police ran the plates and determined that this Was Jennifer harris's. Cheap After jennifer went, missing her Father, jerry a marine And vietnam, veteran started scouring the county back, roads getting more and more desperate and sleeping only a few hours per. Night while he was out driving the dirt. Roads he even admitted that he looked for buzzards because he believed that they could lead him to his daughter's.

3:15Speaker 2:Remains that is a horrifying thing for any parent to have to think, about But jerry was determined to keep looking until his daughter was. Found six days, later a fisherman Found jennifer's naked body floating in The Red. River more than two decades, Later jennifer's murder remains. Unsolved I'm Catherine. Townsend over the past eight years of making my true crime, Podcast Helling, Gone i've learned that there's no such thing as a small town where murder never. Happens i've received hundreds of messages from people all around the country asking for help with an unsolved murder that's affected, them their, families and their. Communities if you have a case you'ld like me and my team to look, into you can reach out to us at Our Helen Gone Murder line at six seven eight seven four four six one four.

4:07Speaker 2:Five that's six seven eight seven four four six one four, five or you can send us a message On instagram At hell and. Gonepod this Is Helen Gone Murder. Line after the fishermen made that gruesome, discovery police started their. Investigation jennifer was found In, oklahoma but because she went missing from The texas, Side Fannin county got the case On, Monday may, thirteenth after the green jeep was found abandoned on that country. ROAD cbs reported that the vehicle was parked down the road from a local music venue called The.

5:25Speaker 2:Hodown jennifer's sister Told forty Eight hours that when she got the call about the car being, found she remembered wondering Why jennifer would leave her vehicle in that. Spot the case went to The Texas, rangers and they have said very little publicly about, it given almost no details other than confirming the location near the, lake for. Example they didn't say anything else about the condition of the, cheap including whether there was blood found in, it or signs of a, struggle or answering questions like were the doors locked or? Unlocked were her keys? Inside we do know. That, unfortunately police didn't realize that the jeep belonged to a missing, person so they towed it before they went through it for.

6:10Speaker 2:Evidence jennifer's body was in the water for six days before it was pulled out and forensically. Examined her body was badly, decomposed and the medical examiner couldn't determine exactly how she had, died but a Former Fannin county lieutenant who became a private investigator and worked With jennifer's, Family Darryl, parker Told forty Eight hours That jennifer had a hugely swollen right, eye and he said since bruising can't happen post, mortem he believed that this was evidence that someone Hit jennifer in the. Head the condition Of jennifer's body meant that medical examination was. DIFFICULT cbs reported that the medical examiner could not establish a precise cause of. Death, however the Official Texas rangers listing stated that the medical examiner labeled the cause of death as homicidal.

7:01Speaker 3:Violence so Did jennifer park her car?

7:04Speaker 2:There or did someone else park her car where it was found? Later is there more About jennifer's movements that we can figure out from the location of her body and her?

7:14Speaker 3:Car?

7:15Speaker 2:ALSO i wondered Could jennifer's body have floated to where she was? FOUND i found out the answer is probably. Not The Texas Water Development board Describes Lake bonham as being On Timber, creek which is a tributary of another creek that's a tributary of The Red, river so there is a watershed. Connection but from the, map it appears that a body could not reasonably float From Lake bonham through those creeks to The Red.

7:43Speaker 3:River that would be.

7:45Speaker 2:A really different and much less plausible, path involving smaller, waterways, obstructions shallow, areas and a lot of. Distance so based on the, geography the more plausible scenario is that someone Placed jennifer's body in The Red, river likely upstream of or near where she was later, recovered and the current moved her until that fisherman found. Her The Red river forms the northern boundary Of Fannin, county and it flows generally eastward along The Texas oklahoma, Border so if her body was found on The oklahoma, side that is consistent with her body being placed in the river or along a.

8:21Speaker 3:Bank and then moving with the.

8:24Speaker 2:Current so was the location of the cheap a meeting point while the body disposal happened separately on The Red. River Jerry, Harris jennifer's, father has stated to media That jennifer's car keys were never. Found he said back in two thousand and nine that he had raised some questions about crucial evidence that he claimed was, missing including a set of keys that he believed could have Been jennifer's and. CLOTHING a few days After jennifer, disappeared a man found a set of. Keys he told detectives the keys had been, found and he left them on his porch for detectives to.

9:02Speaker 2:Take he later said they were removed from where he placed, them yet they were never entered as. Evidence Jerry harris said the description of those keys seemed to match the keys That jennifer, carried And jerry felt like the place where the keys were left may provide details about Where jennifer was. Assaulted While jerry was searching the area after his daughter went, Missing jerry found something. Else he found clothes he feels might have belonged to his daughter in a creek along The Red.

9:32Speaker 3:River according TO.

9:34Speaker 2:Wfaatv jerry said he found a, blouse, jeans and a, bra and he said he had turned all that clothing into the sheriff's, office and somehow all of those items. Disappeared christie's house was Near Lake, bonham Where jennifer's jeep was, found but investigators haven't explained Whether jennifer left her car there and got into a vehicle with someone, else or if they believe that whoever was meeting her that night might have met her. There so really there are two crime scenes and forty Eight hours reported That Darryl, parker THE pi who worked With jennifer's, family talked about another clue that he believed could help narrow down Where jennifer went into the. Water he said investigators found blue mud On jennifer's, body mud that he Claimed fisherman said occurred in only two spots on the river within several, miles which he believed could point toward a narrower section of.

10:29Speaker 2:Riverbank the geography does suggest that the jeep and the body recovery scene may not be the same, spot and the real question is who would have had reason and ability to move Between Lake Bonham COUNTY roa twenty six ten and The Red River disposal area before, that, though we need to back up and try to figure out who would want to Kill Jennifer harris and. Why jennifer was born On october twenty, third nineteen seventy, three In. Bonham she spent her whole life In Fannin county with her, Mother, alicia her younger Sister alissa and her, Father. Jerry jennifer was.

11:09Speaker 2:Striking she had red hair and brown, eyes and was popular and athletic At Bonham High, school where she played tennis and was a. Cheerleader there was a forty eight hours episode about this case a few years back in twenty eighteen Called murder on The Red. River they Interviewed jennifer's younger, Sister, alissa who Remembered jennifer as being, funny, affectionate and she said larger than, life a little Like Lucille. Ball alissa Said jennifer was. Restless she described her as a.

11:39Speaker 2:Dreamer she Said jennifer wanted to move out of her small town to a bigger. City of, course police began looking into what was going on In jennifer's life at the time she went Missing, anne who was connected to, her and it turned out That jennifer had a messy love.

11:54Speaker 4:Life she had a.

11:56Speaker 2:Complicated relationship with two, men her ex Husband Rob holman and her ex Boyfriend James. Hamilton both men voluntarily spoke with, investigators and neither of these men have been arrested or charged in connection With jennifer's, death And james And rob have both completely denied any involvement in her. Killing Rob holman Was jennifer's first. Love they started, dating according to forty Eight, hours when she was in the sixth or seventh. Grade they fell in love and were together all through high, school but after high School jennifer And rob seemed to have different. Plans jennifer did end.

12:34Speaker 3:Up leaving her.

12:34Speaker 2:Hometown she moved away to go to college At STEPHEN. F Austin State university In nakadochi's where she got her bachelor's degree in aquatic biology and her master's degree in, kinesiology wellness and. Attrition according to her, obituary she also had an interest In Native american. Culture, Eventually jennifer moved To, dallas And, rob who worked as a, landscaper joined her there and they got. Married they bought a house together In, dallas But rob seemed to never really feel at home, there and they argued Because rob wanted to move back To, Bonham jennifer wanted to stay In. Dallas this is all according to what her family told forty Eight. Hours her Sister elisa told forty Eight hours that she believed That jennifer was quote growing and evolving and moving forward in her life And rob was stuck and he just wasn't going to change end. Quote jennifer had always been into, health, pilates, yoga and, hiking and she decided to go to school to become a massage.

13:35Speaker 3:Therapist rob went back To.

13:37Speaker 2:Bonham jennifer was In dallas at massage, school and it was while she was in school.

13:42Speaker 3:That she Met James.

13:43Speaker 2:Hamilton alyssa said That jennifer And james fell in, love but there was a. Problem according To forty Eight, Hours james already had a girlfriend and they had a child, together and his girlfriend was pregnant with their second, child so when they first became, Involved james was still living with his pregnant girlfriend And jennifer was still married To. Rob rob told police That jennifer was hot tempered and that she was the one who would go off on, him not the other way. Around he said she would try to hit, him and he would sometimes grab her and try to restrain. Her the following clips are From Rob holman's interview on forty Eight. Hours not temper were very generally her way. Nowhere sometimes they grab, her wrap her.

14:32Speaker 1:Up and keep.

14:33Speaker 2:Hid jennifer And rob split, up and she And james opened a massage studio and wellness therapy center together In, Frisco, texas and Eventually james And jennifer moved in. Together, Now jennifer And james were more free to be. Together they had started a business together and now they were partners at work as well as in. Life but things didn't stay blissful for. Long jerry said That james wanted to Marry, jennifer but she was more, hesitant So jennifer And james got.

15:04Speaker 2:Together jennifer And rob, divorced But jennifer And rob were still. Talking, Meanwhile jennifer's relationship With james was becoming more. Rocky their business, failed which Led jennifer to have financial problems and file for. Bankruptcy jennifer told at least one family member that she started talking To rob, again but again there was a complication Because rob was seeing someone else and had a new. Girlfriend rob later told police that even though he was in a new relationship in living with his, girlfriend that Since, christmas in the five months Before jennifer went, missing that he And jennifer had had sex several times four five.

15:46Speaker 2:Times it was fruit. Yeah police also Asked rob if he had Seen jennifer on the last day that she was, Alive may. Twelfth rob said, no but he did say That jennifer had called him On Mother's day and wanted to see, him but he said that he said he couldn't do. It rob said that he had plans with his girlfriend that. Day he had plans For gril friend she get re up six d Mother.

16:14Speaker 1:Jay how would come.

16:15Speaker 2:Over rob told investigators that he deliberately stayed out that day to avoid meeting up With jennifer and to avoid any. Conflict police looked Into james And rob's alibis For may. Twelfth james told police that he was fifty miles Away adam, McDonald's but police later admitted there was some question about Whether james's alibi had been properly. Vetted james also reportedly took and passed a lot of detector Test rob's alibi was harder to verify because he told police that during the crucial window of time When jennifer went missing on the night Of may, twelve that he was out driving around and according to the interview reported by forty Eight, Hours rob told police that he went to buy some beer and then went over to a friend's, house but he said those friends weren't, home so he just kind of drove around. Aimlessly rob said that he was out, alone driving around on back roads for several. Hours when police asked if he had Seen, Jennifer rob said, no but Later rob said that he had seen a jeep near a stop sign and blinking traffic. Light he said that it was in front of him and coming from.

17:27Speaker 2:Town rob told investigators that he saw that jeep right before he headed to buy.

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17:41Speaker 3:Come up from table while.

17:43Speaker 2:It investigators were Questioning rob and trying to put all this, Together they figured out there might have been something else On jennifer's. Mind on That Mother's, day a friend Of jennifer's told police That jennifer had told her that she was pregnant and that the baby Was.

18:01Speaker 4:Rob's rob admitted to.

18:16Speaker 2:Police That jennifer had told him that she was pregnant with his, child but he said that it wasn't on that. Day rob Said jennifer had told him she was pregnant about a month before she went. Missing he claimed That jennifer had not looked pregnant to him at the. Time she said, that and he said he did not believe that she was expecting a.

18:35Speaker 4:Baby she told him that she was pregnant in this.

18:38Speaker 2:Time did you believe she was? PREGNANT i didn't think she. About forensic experts were not able to confirm whether or Not jennifer was pregnant Because jennifer's uterus was. Missing this led to more rumors flying around because some media coverage has Described jennifer's uterus as being cut out or, removed but that would seem to imply That jennifer's uterus was cut out or removed by her, killer which is a shame, because in my, opinion those sensational headlines take away from the facts of the case and they have the potential to get people off. Track forensic examination In dallas would later conclude That jennifer's missing uterus was not cut, out but that her uterus and other body parts were destroyed by animal, activity primarily river. Turtles but that didn't stop people in a small town from saying that it was the killer that had cut out her, uterus and that was not the only erroneous and graphic rumor that spread about this. Case there were a lot of rumors about who the father Of jennifer's baby could, be and some of them weren't about her ex husband or her ex.

19:51Speaker 2:Boyfriend some of them were actually focused on the district attorney at the, Time Miles. Porter Miles porter was in charge Of jennifer's. Case he later Told forty Eight hours that he had heard rumors that he had been romantically involved With jennifer and that because of that he supposedly intentionally botched the, case which he insisted was completely. Untrue he said he had never even Met. Jennifer miles explained that some people in town had a grudge against him because they didn't like the way you'd handled a case in the, past and so they made rumors up to hurt.

20:25Speaker 3:Him which he said.

20:27Speaker 2:Worked he said that because of the rumors About jennifer's, case he basically had to leave his. Job other than the possible, pregnancy was there anything else going on In jennifer's life that could have led to her being a. Target when police Asked rob if his new girlfriend knew about the baby or That jennifer was claiming to be, Pregnant rob said, no but In rob's interview with, Police rob told investigators That jennifer had stated to him multiple times she was going over To rob's girlfriend's house to tell her about the. Baby but, Again jennifer's conflict With rob was not the only conflict that had happened in her life. Recently for, Example jennifer's father wondered could there have been a financial motive For jennifer's. Homicide she had recently had the massage business that she ran With james go, under And jennifer was the one who had signed off on all the, loans so losing that money meant that she had to file for.

21:27Speaker 3:Bankruptcy while forty.

21:29Speaker 2:Eight hours was investigating back in twenty, eighteen they talked To Joe, mora an investigator and consultant FOR cbs who looked into this. Case Joe morris said that he found a lot of irregularities in the, investigation including the fact that when police were Questioning Robin, james they mirandized both men before the, questioning which he said was unheard. Of And joe pointed out another piece of evidence that he believed may have been. Crucial one year After jennifer's, MURDER a woman Named Deborah, lambert who had seen a news report about the unsolved, case told detectives she had been driving across The Red River bridge On Mother's day when she saw a young woman with reddish brown hair and two men who she said were restraining the woman and holding her by her. Elbow deborah said she made eye contact with the woman and that the woman had a scared look on her, face and that her, mom who apparently was also in the vehicle with, her said that girl's fixing to get raped and, killed but Neither deborah nor her mother called the. Police she later said she was afraid to get involved and the timing seemed to

22:37Speaker 2:be a little bit. Off deborah said that she had seen this trio at a round FIVE, pm but detectives believed That jennifer left her friend's house hours later at around EIGHT. PM a year and a half After jennifer's, murder The Texas rangers launched their own investigation into the, case and as part of their, investigation they Brought Deborah lambert in to talk to. Her they asked her to do a police. Lineup police Asked deborah if she recognized any of the men in the, lineup and according to forty eight, hours she Identified Rob. Holman but without the case, file it's not clear exactly how the lineup was done if they followed proper, procedure so it's really hard to know how much weight to put on a police. Lineup in two thousand and, five The Texas rangers suspended their investigation because they said they had no physical, evidence no specific cause of, death or credible. Witnesses then in twenty, Seventeen Sheriff Mark johnson said That rob And james were the two people who he considered to be at the top of his investigative, list but, again Neither rob Nor james were. Charged there's a lot we don't know about

23:51Speaker 2:How jennifer. Died some reports have said homicidal violence with, strangulation but investigators did openly wonder If jennifer's pregnancy could be a possible. Motive because If jennifer was, pregnant who did she believe the father, was which brings us back to one of the central questions of the. Investigation one of the only things that police have made public is that they Believe jennifer was meeting someone that.

24:18Speaker 3:Night the question is.

24:21Speaker 2:Who in twenty, Seventeen the case got another public boost when the New Fannin County, Sheriff Mark johnson took a look At jennifer's. Case Mark johnson said publicly he was shocked when he.

24:35Speaker 3:Saw that case.

24:36Speaker 2:File he described it as being, thin with very few documents. Inside he learned that over the, years evidence had been stored in, pods and some of those, pods which were apparently kept behind the police, station, leaked meaning that tragically records and evidence got water. Damaged some items were completely. Destroyed the sheriff attributed at least part of that failure to the department's inexperience and to inadequate. Training but then there were the other pieces of, evidence Like jennifer's laptop and her cell phone that weren't.

25:11Speaker 3:Damaged they were just.

25:12Speaker 2:Gone there was a podcast Called Final days On earth that covered what allegedly happened to the. Laptop Darryl parker spoke to the host of that, Podcast Clara, santamont and said that the laptop had been turned over to THE. Fbi Nancy grace appeared On The Doctor Phil, show and On Doctor, Phil Nancy gray said That jennifer had kept a diary on her laptop and that the contents of that diary could have been. Crucial Darryl parker stated that SOMETIME i after the laptop was given from THE fbi back To Fannin, county the computer was.

25:47Speaker 3:Lost what happened to that?

25:50Speaker 2:Laptop jennifer's Sister alisa told Doctor phil that the former sheriff asked their family if he could keep their, laptop and that her dad had said, no and then the sheriff apparently asked if he could take over payments For jennifer's. Jeep, obviously this is only one side of the, story but this is a very strange set of. Circumstances this brings us back to the other evidence that seemed to disappear as, well the, keys the clothes That, Jerry jennifer's dad, found and Also jennifer's cell. Phone Sheriff johnson said his office was later able to recover some documents from the missing electronic, devices but nothing that's been made public makes clear whether this meant, backups printed, records recovered, files or something. Else in two thousand and, two forensic extraction was far less advanced than it is, today but if those devices had been, preserved this could have allowed later investigators to use technology that didn't exist When jennifer, died and the missing clothing is equally troubling because it could have contained blood or, fibers, seamen hair, TOUCH, dna river, soil or other types of

27:02Speaker 2:trace evidence linking it to a person or a. Location but, again without the, evidence modern testing becomes, impossible meaning that that evidence that might have answered crucial questions is. Gone So Sheriff Mark johnson went public in twenty, seventeen fifteen years After jennifer's, Murder Sheriff johnson took the unusual step of publicly naming the two people that he said his office considered the primary, Suspects Rob holman And James.

27:32Speaker 3:Hamilton Sheriff johnson.

27:34Speaker 2:Said the public needed to know who investigators were, examining and that those two names remained at the top of his. List the case did not go to a grand, jury and there was no arrest or indictment or, trial and the sheriff's statements didn't clarify what evidence that they found that he believed connected either man to the. Crime, also it was a little bit. Confusing was he saying that these two men were the only, suspects or was he somehow suggesting That jennifer's boyfriend and her ex husband acted.

28:06Speaker 2:Together everyone wondered why.

28:08Speaker 3:He named those two.

28:09Speaker 2:Men was it because there was evidence that the police had that was not public or simply because those were the two men Who jennifer had been involved. With the sheriff told a local news station That James hamilton had taken and.

28:24Speaker 3:Passed a lie detector.

28:25Speaker 2:Test so If James hamilton's alibi held, up why did the sheriff continue to list him as a possible. Suspect and If Rob holman's account was, suspicious why was no one? Charged what corroborating evidence did police. Have Darryl parker And Nancy grace went On The Doctor Phil show in twenty twenty five to talk about the case, again and as part of that, Segment darryl drove the same route That jennifer drove the day she. Disappeared after she Left christie's house at eight. Pm at around eight oh, four her jeep was seen At highway two seventy three at an.

29:01Speaker 2:Intersection that was the intersection That rob said he saw her turn right at at the four way stop. Sign he said at that point he turned. Left darryl said he believes That jennifer drove the jeep to the place where it was. Found part he believes that she met her killer there and that she got into her killer's vehicle and went to a secondary location where she was ultimately. Murdered Doctor phil reported That rob had also told the police that he offered to pay for an, abortion so he was asking why Would rob do this if he didn't truly believe she was. Pregnant along With Daryl parker And Jerry, harris other members Of jennifer's, family Including jennifer's Sister alissa and her Husband Barry, warning started digging into the case as. Well barry worked on a documentary Called justice For. Jennifer he TOLD Cbs news that he interviewed people who had not been questioned by law enforcement during the initial, investigation and he said he followed new, leads including one about a clue that the family believes law enforcement ignored one that they believe could be. Crucial daryl Told forty Eight hours that the blue moral mud found

30:13Speaker 2:On jennifer's body could be found at a cottage that he said was in the area Where jennifer's car was, found And daryl said that that caretaker's cottage burned to the ground the night That jennifer went Missing may. Twelfth darryl has stated that he believes the cottage is connected To Jennifer's he believed she may have met her killer, there and that after she was, killed that the killer or killers burned down the cottage to hide. Evidence he told forty Eight hours that he and a crew had come to the remains of the.

30:55Speaker 3:Cottage they excavated.

30:57Speaker 2:And drained a, wealth but in the end they found nothing relevant to the. Investigation jennifer's, Father, jerry went public and appealed to the media for. Help in twenty, fifteen he stated at a press, conference, QUOTE i am convinced she knew and trusted the person who killed. Her she had a definite plan to meet someone at eight pm On Mother's, Day, Sunday may. Twelfth she knew and trusted that, person and they killed.

31:23Speaker 3:Her end.

31:24Speaker 2:Quote jerry seemed to give a clue when he, said, quote we do not know whether she was going to meet the boyfriend or the ex. Husband i'm sure it was one of those. Two they were the only two she had any interest in at.

31:37Speaker 3:All end.

31:38Speaker 2:Quote of, course we don't know for sure That rob And james were the only two men Whom jennifer was talking. To there could have been someone she was involved with who no one knew, about maybe someone she wrote about in her, diary but because that evidence was, lost we might never know for. Sure jerry also addressed back in twenty fifteen the question of Whether jennifer was pregnant or, not, stating, Quote jennifer had been taking pregnancy tests at the time of her death because the strips were still in her bathroom end. Quote When jerry was doing his media, outreach he also spoke to THE tv show Called. Justice but, apparently even though the district, Attorney Richard, glazer had stated he was willing to accept any help to solve the, case The Fannin County sheriff refused to share evidence with the.

32:28Speaker 2:Show why would The Fannin County sheriff's office refuse free help after all this? Time the Current Fannin County, Sheriff Donnie, foster said that too many hands on the evidence could jeopardize the, case, saying, quote my goal is to preserve the evidence entrusted with. Me this is just my, opinion BUT i think this statement is pretty. Ironic in light of how the evidence has been handled so, far because we're talking about evidence that has been, mislabeled, mishandled and lost multiple. Times jerry stated, that in his, opinion the police department was embarrassed about their handling of the case and worried that their mistakes would be made. Public this is only one person's, opinion but it did Cause jerry to start circulating a petition for people to sign to support police sharing the evidence with the show Called. Justice jerry never stopped working toward finding answers About jennifer's. Death he stated many times that he hoped That jennifer's case would be solved during his. Lifetime sadly, though this did not come to. Pass On june, fourth twenty twenty, Four jerry went to the parking lot of The Fannin County

33:40Speaker 2:sheriff's office and at around nine thirty, am he fatally shot himself in the head and died by. Suicide officials said he left three. Letters one was addressed To Mark. Johnson according to a local news, Station jerry's death had nothing to do with the handling Of jennifer's. Case jerry wrote that he was tired of dealing with his health, problems and that he had chosen that location in front of The sheriff's office because he believed it would make it easier for him to be found and for emergency personnel to. Respond But jerry's death did seem to be part of the tragic ripple effect that happened After jennifer's.

34:17Speaker 2:Murder the sheriff has stated that he hoped that the county's cold cases would receive fresh reviews using modern, technology but that doesn't explain how they could test evidence that was lost or destroyed by. Water, meanwhile The Texas rangers still List Jennifer harris's case as. Unsolved anyone with direct information can Contact Texas Crime stoppers at one eight hundred twenty five to two tip or submit information through The Texas Rangers cold case. System jennifer's sister and the rest of her family believe that even if crucial evidence has been, lost that someone knew Where Jennifer harris was going that, night why her jeep was left On County road twenty six,' ten and where and how she, was killed and they hope that after twenty, four years someone may finally be willing to Explain How jennifer harris ended up floating in The.

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