November 15, 2023 • 28 mins
The morning of July 27, 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri would forever change the lives of the Cox family. Fawn Cox's mom and sister found her lifeless body when they went to wake her up that morning. She had been beaten, raped, and strangled, all while the family slept downstairs the night before. It would be 31 years before her family would get the answers as to who had killed Fawn.
Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Kansas City, Missouri
Wikipedia - List of people from Kansas City, Missouri
CBS News - Teen's decades-old murder solved with new DNA technology
Fox 4 KC - KC teen's cold case rape, murder solved by 'advanced techniques' 31 years later
Northeast News - New DNA tech solves Cox cold case
Heavy - 31 Year-Old Rape & Murder of Kansas Teen Fawn Marie Cox Solved: KCPD
Newspapers.com - KC teen charged in death of girl, 16
Newspapers.com - Three teens held in girl's death
Newspapers.com - Northeast area girl, 16, found slain in bedroom
Newspapers.com - Northeast girl was strangled, autopsy shows
Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Kansas City, Missouri
Wikipedia - List of people from Kansas City, Missouri
CBS News - Teen's decades-old murder solved with new DNA technology
Fox 4 KC - KC teen's cold case rape, murder solved by 'advanced techniques' 31 years later
Northeast News - New DNA tech solves Cox cold case
Heavy - 31 Year-Old Rape & Murder of Kansas Teen Fawn Marie Cox Solved: KCPD
Newspapers.com - KC teen charged in death of girl, 16
Newspapers.com - Three teens held in girl's death
Newspapers.com - Northeast area girl, 16, found slain in bedroom
Newspapers.com - Northeast girl was strangled, autopsy shows
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