$100,000 reward
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Where this was said
Investigators Who Never Gave Up
At 46:07 · chapter starts 44:40
Rather than dwell on the gaps and missed follow-ups, Ashley takes a moment to credit what the original investigators actually got right. In a 1970s missing persons case — especially one involving a young woman in a counterculture environment — it would have been easy to assume she simply walked away. Instead, officers pursued leads aggressively from the very first day, long before DNA testing or digital forensics existed. Sheriff Myers told Ashley that if this crime had been committed today, he has no doubt they would have identified the killer. [1] — Ashley Flowers "Sheriff Myers told us that if Joyce had been killed today, or even in, like, this decade, there is no doubt in his mind that they would hav…" 44:20 The investigation remains active, with modern forensic testing being applied to old evidence, and Ashley notes that new techniques continue to emerge. The tragedy is that 55 years have passed and a killer has still gotten away with it — not for lack of effort, but for lack of luck and available science.
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