Death Row Confession - The Missing Pt II
About this episode
This episode explores the case of Tammy Jo Alexander, a murder victim linked to a serial killer, through the eyes of her sister who seeks justice.
A killer who confessed to eleven murders. A sixteen-year-old runaway with a modelling dream. And a sister who never stopped fighting to bring her home. Tammy Jo Alexander left Florida looking for a brighter life. She was found shot dead in a cornfield 1,200 miles away — stripped of everything that could identify her, buried under a headstone that read only Jane Doe. Her serial killer counted on her staying that way. He didn't count on Pamela. This episode begins with a bombshell confession buried for forty years: a death-row prisoner who claims Christopher Wilder admitted to killing eleven women — before his rampage across America had even begun. Following that thread, Catching Evil has uncovered links between Wilder and Tammy Jo that lay hidden for four decades: a red racing jacket, a man in a roadside diner, a car for sale in the classifieds, and a sixteen-year-old's dream of being a model — the exact bait he used again and again. And at the heart of it, a sister. Pamela gave her DNA, gave Tammy Jo her name back, and is still asking the only question that matters: who did this to her little sister — and why? This is the episode that hits closest to home. We need your help with…
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Hosts: Andy Byrne, Mark Llewellyn
Topics covered
- true crime
- murder investigation
- missing persons
- sibling relationships
- confessions
- serial killers
Keywords
- Tammy Jo Alexander
- Christopher Wilder
- murder
- death row confession
- missing person
- sister's fight
- true crime
More episodes of Catching Evil
- Unfinished Business
- Ending the Silence
- Murder & Mystery at the Mall - The Missing Pt III
- The Missing
- Secrets from the Grave
- The Friday the Thirteenth Reckoning
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