The Girl Next Door
4/29/202644 min
On May 1, 2003, the body of a teenage girl was found in a trash bag behind a restaurant in California. The mystery of “Jane Doe” motivated a community, investigators and forensic scientists to find who she was and who killed her. "48 Hours" correspondent Harold Dow reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/4/2009. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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First 90 secondsScott Dudek· Guest0:00
[suspenseful music] She was five foot one, 110 pounds. She had a butterfly clip in the back of her hair. She had beautiful gold hoop earrings. No drugs, no alcohol in her system. If you put that all together, it tells you that this is the girl that was living next door. [footsteps] This girl could be from Louisiana, this girl could be from New York, this girl can be from Rhode Island. We have no idea where to even start. [drilling] Unfortunately, we're gonna have to dig up her body to find out who she is. [upbeat music] I'm Sergeant Scott Dudek. I'm a detective with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. I can vividly recall pulling in here that night. It was late at night. [suspenseful music] They found a bag behind a local restaurant here in Castro Valley.
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