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Narrator (1:13)
contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.
Family Member (likely Jody's sister Jaina) (1:28)
I was scared. I was crushed. Who did this? I need to find out what happened to her. When you're looking at somebody you think murdered your sister, you're gonna look them right in the eyes. You did that. I'm not looking away.
Narrator (1:44)
There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America. Each one is a cold case. Only 1% of the are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. It's the afternoon of August 23, 1972 in Snohomish County, Washington. 20 year old Jody Loomis and her younger sister Jaina hop on their bikes and head off to visit their horse named Soddy for the afternoon.
Family Member (likely Jody's sister Jaina) (2:20)
It was a beautiful day back in 1972. I'm 12. I took off down the road to meet my girlfriend. Jody decided she was going to go to Saudi and be back before dark. My mom said, jody, you got your dime? We always carried a dime for a telephone call if anything ever took place. And she pedaled off.
Narrator (2:44)
Neighbors see Jody with her dark blonde hair pulled back into a long ponytail as she pedals past them down the street and out of view. An hour and a half later, a young couple drives into the woods in rural Snohomish county looking for a secluded hideaway to enjoy their secret romance it's around 5:30pm when they spot a log blocking the road ahead of them. When they get out to move the obstacle, they see the body of a young woman lying approximately 15ft beyond the log. She was on her back wearing a pair of knee length socks, boots and bikini style underwear. There are clothes strewn around where she's lying. A dime on the dirt glistens in the afternoon sun and there's a wound on the right side of her head. The couple rushes over to help and finds that the woman is still breathing, but she's unable to speak. Desperate to try and save her, the couple carries her to their two seater sports car. And as the man races to the hospital, his girlfriend tries to hold the woman's head up to keep her airways open. They're hopeful when they arrive at the hospital as she's still breathing. But the hope quickly fades as the woman succumbs to her injuries just as the doctors begin to examine her. The woman has no ID on her or any distinguishable belongings, so detectives have no idea who she is. The young couple who found her bring police to the site where she had been spotted. It's a secluded area of a thousand acre property owned by the Rice family. While investigating the scene, officers soon come across Ken Rice and his teenage son Allen chopping wood.
