REOPENED: Queen on the Ozarks
4/23/202642 min
In June, 1985, a 20-year-old ‘Sucker Day’ festival queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri are certain that her blood is on the hands of a local, wealthy businessman. But, after 25 years, DNA reveals the true killer.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.
Dwight McNeil· Guest0:06
I thought the world of Jackie Johns. It was an extremely personal case to me. It haunts me to this day. I had known her for a number of years. She was the sweetest person you'd ever meet, and I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to harm her. It was the only case in my career that I just never could shake. There was a tremendous amount of pressure. The family was desperate for answers. It's something you can't, you can't put into words until you feel that it's your personal responsibility, and I was afraid I was gonna die with this one unsolved.
Speaker 00:44
There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America. Each one is a cold case. Only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. [dramatic music] In June of 1985, Jackie Johns has just turned 20 years old, and she lives in the tiny town of Nixa, a rural cattle ranching community nestled in the Ozarks in the Midwest. Jackie