On September 15, 2007, investigators responded to a call reporting a body had been found in a secluded area on Hoitt Avenue near Boone Street. When they arrived, they found 24-year-old Jennifer Leeann Law’s body partially burned in an alley. Jennifer was also known as Leeann and Pocahontas on the streets in Knoxville, TN.

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, talks with Ciera Law, the daughter of Jennifer ‘Leenne’ Law aka Pocahontas, whose tragic and unresolved murder has left lingering questions for 18 years. Ciera recounts the devastating impact of losing her mother and the frustrating pursuit of truth, chilling details emerge - drug ties, a mysterious boyfriend, and overlooked evidence, and a drug dealer named ‘Black’.

Ciera is asking anyone that knows any information to come forward to the Knoxville Police Department at 865-215-7317.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum
(0:15) Sheryl gives a brief background of Jennifer LeeAnn Law’s case
(2:00) The night before the murder
(2:30) Jennifer's addiction and criminal background
(3:15) Potential suspects and leads
(8:30) Details of the crime scene
(11:15) “ I'm one of those people, everything matters. Until you know why it doesn't.”
(14:30) Resources for potential sex workers to safely give information
(16:00) Law enforcement’s investigation - missteps and delays
(23:00) Final thoughts - Ciera’s unwavering fight for justice
(24:30) ”Murderers are not monsters. They're men, and that's the most frightening part about them.” -Alice Sebold
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.

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