About this episode
The episode discusses the mysterious case of Mackenzie Cowell, a young woman who disappeared and was later found dead, highlighting the complexities of the investigation.
Mackenzie Cowell was seventeen years old — a dancer, a cosmetology student, and a young woman with her whole life mapped out in front of her — when she stepped out of her beauty school in Wenatchee, Washington one February afternoon and never came back. Four days later, her body was found partially submerged in the Columbia River, twenty miles from where she had disappeared. What followed was one of the stranger murder investigations in recent Washington state history. Investigators chased a months-long dead end involving drug dealers, a supposed snuff film, and an informant whose story kept changing. Meanwhile, the real answer had been hiding in plain sight — in the classroom where Mackenzie spent her afternoons, and in an apartment where a piece of carpet held a secret that luminol would eventually reveal. Mackenzie had survived a difficult childhood, a contentious home life, and the relentless schedule she had set for herself. She made it through all of that. She didn't make it through one ordinary Tuesday afternoon. Today’s snack: Quick and easy apple tart with buttermilk caramel syrup Support us on Patreon Sources: Fretwell, Courtney. "Mackenzie Cowell." Forensic Tales…
People in this episode
Hosts: Tina, Rich
Topics covered
- murder investigation
- missing person
- true crime
- Washington state
- forensic evidence
Keywords
- Mackenzie Cowell
- murder
- missing person
- Wenatchee
- Columbia River
- forensic evidence
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Forensic Tales, Reddit
Places: Wenatchee, Washington, Columbia River
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