Murder on the Red River
7/1/202642 min
On May 12, 2002, Jennifer Harris disappeared. Six days later her body was found floating in the Red River in Texas. Police learned that she had told her best friend that she was pregnant and the autopsy revealed her uterus was missing. "48 Hours" correspondent Jim Axelrod reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/6/2019.
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First 90 secondsAlyssa Harris· Guest0:00
[instrumental music] [wind blowing] [objects clattering] Oh.
Jim Axelrod· Host0:15
Yep.
Alyssa Harris· Guest0:15
All right.
Jerry Harris· Guest0:16
What Riding for Justice has done is reached out to people that knew Jennifer Harris.
Jim Axelrod· Host0:22
[wind blowing] How often do you saddle up and ride?
Jerry Harris· Guest0:25
Once a month.
Alyssa Harris· Guest0:27
We've got a big crowd. Let's keep it safe.
Jim Axelrod· Host0:30
[piano music] Something has touched the people of Fannin County about this case.
Jerry Harris· Guest0:38
Absolutely. Everybody in this county wants to see this case solved.
Alyssa Harris· Guest0:41
To let something like this go on this long is uncalled for.
Jerry Harris· Guest0:44
Jennifer Harris was well-loved here.
Mark Johnson· Guest0:48
That's the Jennifer Harris case, everything that's involved.
Jim Axelrod· Host0:52
This, this is the whole investigation right here?
Mark Johnson· Guest0:56
This is it.
Jim Axelrod· Host0:56
Sheriff, I, I hope you don't mind me asking, but that doesn't seem like a whole lot for 15 years.
Mark Johnson· Guest1:04
Well, that's all we got to work with.
Alyssa Harris· Guest1:05
[piano music] Doesn't get any easier. [laughs] There's not one day that I don't wake up and think about my sister. I wish I could only have a handful of the friends sh- she had.
Speaker 11:19
Oh.
Alyssa Harris· Guest1:19
[laughs] She was [sighs] amazing. She was the red-haired girl who was the goofball, adorable, lovable, Lucille