REOPENED: Beauty Queen Killer

Summary

Cold Case Files: REOPENED – Beauty Queen Killer

Hosted by Paula Barros for A&E / PodcastOne

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Introduction

In the gripping episode titled "REOPENED: Beauty Queen Killer," Cold Case Files delves into the unsolved murder of Tanna Woolley, a promising young woman whose life was tragically cut short in 1978. Hosted by Paula Barros and produced by a dedicated team, the episode explores the relentless pursuit of justice by Tanna’s family and the eventual resolution of a case that had lain dormant for over two decades.

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Background of Tanna Woolley

Tanna Woolley was a vibrant and ambitious teenager, admired for her intelligence and beauty. Passionate about cheerleading, she demonstrated resilience and determination, evident when she persevered to win the Miss Roseman Community Pageant after not securing the Homecoming queen title in high school.

“Tana was a responsible person and was never late to work. And she definitely never skipped a day without calling.”
— Tanna’s Father, Bill Curtis [03:05]

After graduating high school, Tanna pursued higher education and secured a job at a local Air Force base. Embracing adulthood, she moved into her own apartment, a decision that would unfortunately place her in harm's way.

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Initial Investigation

On October 25, 1978, Tanna failed to report to her shift at work, prompting her concerned boss to notify her mother, Helen Woolley. Upon visiting Tanna’s apartment, Helen discovered a horrifying scene: Tanna was found hanging over her bed, partially undressed, with one sock on her foot and another tied around her neck.

“When I pulled up, her car was there. I opened the door, and the first thing I saw was her. And I didn't go any further.”
— Helen Woolley [03:05]

The autopsy revealed that Tanna died from strangulation, with evidence suggesting she was sexually assaulted. However, the forensic technology of the time was limited, rendering the investigation initially bleak with no tangible leads.

“If there's no witnesses, there's no real suspects. All you're looking for is to find the guy that would do something like this.”
— Bill Curtis [04:05]

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Private Detective's Involvement

Frustrated with the slow progress of the official investigation, Tanna’s parents enlisted the help of private detective Lou McNatt. McNatt’s investigation led him to Larry Hayslett, a neighbor described by several residents as "the building creep." Hayslett’s close proximity to Tanna’s apartment and his unsettling behavior made him a prime suspect.

“There was a big window so he could sit there and watch by the hour. Then he has a lot of time to spend.”
— Helen Woolley [05:28]

Despite identifying Hazlett as a likely suspect, McNatt faced a dead end when Hazlett abruptly left town five months after Tanna’s murder, effectively stalling any immediate action.

“He just wasn't there. He was gone. And once he's gone, there's nothing else to do.”
— Helen Woolley [06:37]

With the case slipping into cold status, hope began to dwindle for the Woolley family.

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Case Goes Cold

Years passed without any significant developments. Detective turnover meant that each new investigator had to restart the investigation from scratch, leading to stagnation.

“Each new detective that was given the case would have to start off from Square 1.”
— Helen Woolley [10:46]

Despite these setbacks, Helen and Bill Woolley remained steadfast in their quest for justice, believing that perseverance would eventually pay off.

“As long as everybody believes that there is hope, you know, then you can press on.”
— Helen Woolley [07:52]

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Reopening the Case

In 1999, over two decades after the murder, Tanna’s sister, Taryn Woolley, took up the mantle to advance the investigation. Persistently contacting Sergeant Chris Spear led to a renewed examination of the case files.

“We had to actually go back 31 years and retrace where they moved, where they lived, what their names were.”
— Prosecutor Ed Jeggles [20:44]

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DNA Evidence Breakthrough

Sergeant Spear’s review uncovered a previous request for Larry Hazlett’s fingerprints and revealed Hazlett’s extensive criminal history, including four rape arrests. This information revitalized the investigation, prompting the collection of DNA samples from Hazlett.

“I've never been more excited, probably on any of the other cases that I've looked at.”
— DNA Analyst Brenda Smith [13:57]

Although the initial semen sample from Tanna was too degraded for DNA testing, further forensic analysis identified additional biological evidence on Tanna’s bedspread. This breakthrough provided a crucial link to Hazlett.

“He ended up matching Hazlett. The odds that the sample didn't belong to Hazlett were only 1 in 126 billion.”
— Bill Curtis [14:13]

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Arrest and Trial

Confronted with irrefutable DNA evidence, Hazlett maintained his innocence during interrogation. However, the compelling forensic data and multiple testimonies from his past victims left little room for doubt.

“You're certain? That's a damn lie.”
— Helen Woolley [15:49]

Prosecutor Jeggles and private investigator Trent Sprouls gathered further evidence, including testimonies from four women who confirmed Hazlett’s pattern of violent sexual assaults. This comprehensive approach solidified the case against him.

On June 10, 2004, after a week-long trial and brief deliberation, the jury convicted Larry Hazlett of first-degree murder. He was subsequently sentenced to death.

“We were very happy.”
— Helen Woolley [23:46]

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Aftermath

While the sentencing brought a semblance of closure, it could never replace the loss of Tanna. However, it underscored the importance of relentless determination in pursuing justice.

“Whatever they do, they can't give up. They've got to keep pressing the law enforcement, which my family did. And it paid off.”
— Helen Woolley [24:20]

Larry Hazlett awaits his sentence at San Quentin State Prison, condemned to death without the possibility of parole. The Woolley family’s unwavering commitment not only solved a heart-wrenching mystery but also reaffirmed that persistence can triumph over adversity.

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Conclusion

"REOPENED: Beauty Queen Killer" serves as a testament to the enduring quest for justice and the pivotal role that advances in forensic technology can play in solving long-forgotten cases. Through the resilience of Tanna Woolley’s family and the dedication of investigators, this cold case was finally put to rest, offering a powerful narrative of hope and closure.

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Notable Quotes:

• “Tanna was never late to work. She never skipped a day without calling.”
  Bill Curtis [03:05]

• “There was a big window so he could sit there and watch by the hour.”
  Helen Woolley [05:28]

• “If there's no witnesses, there's no real suspects.”
  Bill Curtis [04:05]

• “He ended up matching Hazlett. The odds that the sample didn't belong to Hazlett were only 1 in 126 billion.”
  Bill Curtis [14:13]

• “Whatever they do, they can't give up.”
  Helen Woolley [24:20]

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Produced by McKamey, Lynn and Steve Delamater. Special thanks to associate producer Julie McGruder and executive producer Ted Butler. Music by Blake Maples. Distributed by PodcastOne.

Transcript

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Off your first box. This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Use your best judgment. Tana Woolley was described as a smart and beautiful teenage girl by everyone that knew her. She had lots of interests, but she loved cheerleading the most. Tana was confident and friendly. She came at life with a positive attitude. For example, when she didn't win Homecoming queen her senior year of high school, she didn't give up. Instead, Tanna entered the Roseman Community pageant and became Ms. Roseman in 1976. After high school, Tanna enrolled in a local college and got a job on an Air Force base. And as part of becoming an adult, she decided it was time to get her own apartment. As exciting as being out on her own was, it made Tana a little nervous. Men neighbors looked at her in ways that made her feel uncomfortable. She was right to be nervous, scared even, because In October of 1978, Tana was murdered. From A and E this is Cold Case Files. Tana was a responsible person and was never late to work. And she definitely never skipped a day without calling. So on October 25, 1978, when Tana didn't show up for her shift, her boss became concerned and called Tana's mother, Helen.

[Helen Woolley]

It was between, I think nine, 30 and 10. And her boss, Patty April, called me and said that Tana had not come to work.

[Bill Curtis]

Helen knew that missing work was out of character for her daughter, so she drove over to her apartment to check on Tana.

[Helen Woolley]

When I pulled up, her car was there. I opened the door, and the first thing I saw was her. And I didn't go any further.

[Bill Curtis]

She walked into a scene no mother should ever have to see. Tana was hanging over the side of her bed, naked from the waist down. She had one sock on her foot and the other tied around her neck. Helen called the police. The detectives collected Tana's clothes and bedding to be processed for evidence. Her body was sent to the local morgue for an autopsy. The cause of death was determined to be strangulation, and the presence of semen determined it was likely she had been sexually assaulted in 1978. There were no tests that could be performed on the forensic evidence. And with no other leads, the investigation didn't appear very promising, especially to Tana's dad, Bill.

[Helen Woolley]

Do you have any idea who it is? And when they're saying, no, we don't, then they are wondering, well, where are you going to go with this? If there's no witnesses, there's no real suspects. All you're looking for is to find the guy that would do something like this.

[Bill Curtis]

Two weeks after they buried their daughter, Helen and Bill Woolley were not satisfied with the way the detectives were handling their daughter's case.

[Helen Woolley]

The detective that came to the house was just so overloaded that we felt like it was never going to go anywhere. We didn't feel that he was going to be able to put all of his effort into Tana's case. So that's where I told Ellen, we need to get some help here.

[Bill Curtis]

Tana's parents took matters into their own hands and hired a private detective to look into their daughter's murder. Lou McNatt started by investigating the other people living in Tana's apartment building.

[Helen Woolley]

I started from each of the apartments, interviewing the people who resided at the apartments, attempting to find out if they heard anything in the first place, if they did what they heard, and then could go on further and tell me what they've seen prior to the time of the murder.

[Bill Curtis]

Several of Tanna's neighbors identified a resident named Larry hayslett as someone McNatt should look into. They described him as the building creep. Hazlett's apartment was only 10ft from Tanna's bedroom window.

[Helen Woolley]

His front door faced the other way from her Apartment. But the window was right. There was a big window so he could sit there and watch by the hour. Then he has a lot of time to spend. And look, you see, that's the bad part. And since she was such a beautiful girl, this, to him, was probably a pinnacle for him. And so I think that's why he watched her so much.

[Bill Curtis]

Tana had told her boyfriend Rick that Hazlett made her feel uncomfortable.

[Helen Woolley]

Tana was very concerned because they watched her all the time when she took the garbage out, when she went out of the apartment, anywhere she went, there was always somebody watching her. So she became quite concerned. It was like a funnel situation. We have all these people here talking and giving me bits of information. And as it funnels down, somebody comes out down here at the bottom of the funnel.

[Bill Curtis]

Five months after Tanner was murdered, Larry Hayslett left town.

[Helen Woolley]

I developed a lot of people who gave me information during my period of time in the investigation. And so I asked them, you know, I'd go around and I'd say, well, have you seen Hassel now? When was the last time you saw him? Oh, maybe two weeks ago, maybe a month ago. And the synopsis was that he just wasn't there. He was gone. And once he's gone, there's nothing else to do.

[Bill Curtis]

McNatt felt like he had found Tanna's killer but was powerless to do anything about it.

[Helen Woolley]

It's always frustrating when you can't pin down especially a murderer and especially of somebody you thought a great deal of. It's difficult.

[Bill Curtis]

The frustrated private investigator explained the situation to Tanna's parents.

[Helen Woolley]

He told us, you know, from about the fifth or sixth day who it was, or he was pretty sure who it was, but there was no evidence. They could not get any evidence on him.

[Bill Curtis]

The case found its way into the cold case files. But through the years, Helen and Bill Woolley never lost hope that their daughter's killer would be charged.

[Helen Woolley]

There was times when I think, oh, my gosh, it's not going anywhere. But I always felt like someday I just knew someday it would. As long as everybody believes that there is hope, you know, then you can press on. If we had anybody that was negative, then it would probably have discouraged all of us. But we never got to that point.

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[Bill Curtis]

As the years passed, Tanna's parents remained hopeful that one day there would be a lead in their daughter's case.

[Helen Woolley]

Helen would call, I know on the average of once a month and talk to either one of the detectives or they'd stop by. The problem that we had is there was a turnover of detectives on this case. So each new detective that was given the case would have to start off from Square1.

[Bill Curtis]

In 1999, more than 20 years after Tanna was murdered, Taryn Woolley, Tanna's sister, took over. I didn't feel like that they should have to go through this all over again, being the parents. So I took it. I just said, I have to do this every month. I'll call until they tell me there's not, you know, we can do no more. After three months of phone calls, Taryn talked to Sergeant Chris Spear, who agreed to look into the case.

[Helen Woolley]

I looked through it, and unfortunately, the 1970s, the documentation about how an investigator got from point A to point B wasn't as thorough as we currently. So there are some scraps of information in the case file that, you know, I considered clues or potential clues left me by the prior investigator.

[Bill Curtis]

While looking over the file, Sgt. Speier found a request for fingerprints from a suspect named Larry Hazlett. But he wasn't able to determine why he might have been a suspect. Hazlett was also a suspect of McNatt, the private investigator hired by Tanna's parents. Spier decided to run a background check on Hazlett. What he found was an extensive rap sheet with four arrests for rape.

[Helen Woolley]

I think that was when the light bulb came on, the eureka moment. This is my guy. Or at least he's as good as any that I got right now.

[Bill Curtis]

Hazlett was living in Sacramento, and his address was available on the sex offender registry. Sergeant Speer got a search warrant for a DNA sample and paid him a visit.

[Helen Woolley]

He voluntarily surrendered the samples and just said, here you go. Didn't know her. Be glad to help you in the future. Goodbye. This worked 20 years ago. Be somewhat cooperative and just deny it, and, you know, they'll leave me alone for another 20 years.

[Bill Curtis]

Speer took the samples to the Kern county forensic lab, where analyst Brenda Smith attempted to pull DNA from evidence that was more than 20 years old. The semen sample that was collected from Tanna's body was too degraded for DNA testing. So Smith used a black light to look for other sources of DNA on the items and evidence. This is DNA analyst Brenda Smith.

[Helen Woolley]

I found some small circular stains, kind of yellowish looking stains towards the top of the bedspread. I did screen portions of a couple of those areas, and they did screen positive for semen. I just kind of got excited and had a gut feeling about those stains from the very beginning.

[Bill Curtis]

Smith isolated and analyzed the stains and was able to extract a DNA profile which she compared to the sample collected from Larry Hayslett.

[Helen Woolley]

It ended up matching Hazlett. I've never been more excited, probably on any of the other cases that I've looked at. In the time that I've been doing DNA, I think I almost hyperventilated on that one.

[Bill Curtis]

The match was extremely compelling. The odds that the sample didn't belong to Hazlett were only 1 in 126 billion. An arrest warrant was issued, and detectives Joe Hicks and Scott Jelotich were in charge of bringing Hazlett into the station.

[Helen Woolley]

We were concerned that a defense of his could be his claim that it was consensual, and that was why his semen would be on her bedspread. Our intent to obtain a statement from him is to, for court purposes, lock him into. What does he have to say happened there? Whatever he could possibly use as a defense later in a court trial, we wanted to establish.

[Bill Curtis]

At that interview, the detectives went into Hazlet's home and interviewed him at his kitchen table. Here's some of the recorded audio from that interview.

[Helen Woolley]

Are you a person that would be capable of doing that to someone? Heavens, no. Absolutely not. Heavens, no. And you, absolutely, in looking at this female, can tell me, have you ever had sex, sexual relations with this female of any of any type? Oral copulation, intercourse? No.

[Bill Curtis]

No?

[Helen Woolley]

No, no. You were never even in the apartment? No.

[Bill Curtis]

Because Haizlett claimed he was never in Tana's apartment, he wouldn't be able to claim that his DNA was found from a consensual experience. The detectives confronted him with the results of the DNA test.

[Helen Woolley]

Would it change your story if I told you that in the original crime scene from the Kern County District attorney's crime lab, that they found biological evidence of you being present? What you said, that's a damn lie. Is it a lie? It's a damn lie. You're certain? That's a damn lie. Wouldn't change anything you've told me. That's a damn lie. And at this juncture, if you're going to start saying something like that, I want a lawyer right now. My first reaction, Mr. Hazlett's quite a large man, was that I wanted to calm him down and get him sat back down at the table because I didn't want to have some altercation inside of his house?

[Bill Curtis]

Hazlett was arrested and charged with first degree murder. Meanwhile, Helen Woolley got the call she'd been waiting for since her daughter was murdered.

[Helen Woolley]

It was really ironic. I was at the cemetery, and when I got the call, I was just putting the flowers and I just Told her all the little angels could dance, dance in heaven. Yeah.

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[Bill Curtis]

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[Helen Woolley]

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[Bill Curtis]

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[Bill Curtis]

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[Helen Woolley]

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[Helen Woolley]

The defendant could claim that he had an affair with the victim, which they were keeping quiet for various reasons, and that he had certainly seen her, but the last time he'd seen her, she was fine, and he had no idea what happened.

[Bill Curtis]

Subsequently, prosecutor Jeggles hired private investigator Trent Sprouls to help him gather more evidence. Together, Jaggles and Sprouls looked into Hazlett's past.

[Helen Woolley]

He was an unbelievably lucky serial rapist. We found four instances in which he had committed rape, three of them prior to this incident and one subsequent. He got out of every one of them. We had to actually go back 31 years and retrace where they moved, where they lived, what their names were. One was married four different times, so she had four prior names.

[Bill Curtis]

Sprouls tracked down all four women, and though they had never met each other, they all had similar stories. This is PI Sprouls.

[Helen Woolley]

He would come across very polite, very friendly, and then when he had them alone, it was like a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Heidifechekt. One of the women he bit so severely, she still has the scars on her to show.

[Bill Curtis]

Understandably, the women didn't want to come forward or testify about their assaults.

[Helen Woolley]

Well, most of them at first didn't want to discuss it, which I understood. But once they understood the severity of the case and that this man had actually murdered someone, a young female.

[Bill Curtis]

Then.

[Helen Woolley]

There was some guilt involved where they thought if they would have continued with their case back 30 some years ago and prosecuted this man, then maybe this young woman may not have died.

[Bill Curtis]

All four women agreed to testify, which would paint the picture of Hazlett as a serial rapist. Sprouls then paid a visit to the Kern county crime lab, where Brenda Smith had discovered Hazlett's DNA on Tanna's bedspread. Sprouls asked Smith to examine the sock that had been found around Tanna's neck.

[Helen Woolley]

Because it was a ligature, it would have had to have been held pretty tightly. And for a little bit of a lengthy time, there was at least a potential that some skin cells from the individual's hands could have sloughed off onto the sock.

[Bill Curtis]

Using a razor, Brenda Smith scraped the top layer of material off of Tanna's sock. The bits of fuzz were then tested, and small amounts of DNA were determined to be present. Smith was able to develop a partial DNA profile.

[Helen Woolley]

I was pretty excited that I got anything off the SoC, you know, at all. I just, you know, it's a 5050 proposition in my mind.

[Bill Curtis]

Even though the partial profile wasn't a full genetic match, the prosecutor believed it would be enough. He just needed to convince the jury that the DNA found in the bedding wasn't from a consensual encounter. This is prosecutor Jaegels again.

[Helen Woolley]

With the addition of this piece of evidence, which was the DNA extracted from the ligature from the actual sock that was was used to strangle her, that story wouldn't hold any water anymore.

[Bill Curtis]

On June 10, 2004, Larry Haslett was tried for Tanna's murder. After a week long trial and an hour and a half deliberation, the jury reached a guilty verdict. A month later, Ed Jagels attended his sentencing hearing.

[Helen Woolley]

We hereby determine that the penalty shall be death.

[Bill Curtis]

Yes, Helen Woolley was also at the hearing.

[Helen Woolley]

I just wanted to tell him what he robbed me of. I probably would have said he was a monster, you know, and just his cockiness when he left court just irritated me. You know, he just gave us that look and threw its shoulders at us like, are you happy now? And yeah, we were very happy.

[Bill Curtis]

While no sentence will bring their daughter back, Tana Woolley's parents are glad their phone calls were able to keep the case active.

[Helen Woolley]

It's one of those things that we hope that other people that are watching your program will realize that whatever they do, they can't give up. They've got to keep pressing the law enforcement, which my family did. And it paid off. And I knew down deep in my heart that justice would prevail.

[Bill Curtis]

Larry Hayslett is 72 years old and awaiting his sentence to be carried out in San Quentin State Prison in California. Because he's serving a death sentence, no parole date is listed. Instead, there's one word where the date would condemned Cold Case Files. The podcast is hosted by Brooke giddings, produced by McKamey, Lynn and Steve Delamater. Our associate producer is Julie McGruder. Our executive producer is Ted Butler. Our music was created by Blake Maples. This podcast is distributed by Podcast one. The Cold Case Files TV series was is produced by Curtis Productions and is hosted by Bill Curtis. You can find me at Brooke Giddings on Twitter and at Brooke the Podcaster on Instagram. I'm also active in the Facebook group Podcast for Justice. This summer, Pluto TV is exploding with thousands of free movies. Summer of cinema is here. Feel the explosive action all summer long with movies like Gladiator, Mission Impossible, Beverly Hills Cop, Good Burger, and Transformers. Dark of the Moon. Bring the action with you. And stream for free from all your favorite devices. Pluto tv Stream now. Pay never.