Join the host for this episode. CJ from Beyond the Rainbow podcast, as she discusses a case that is beyond bizarre: the recent murder of Katherine 'Katie' Janness. Katie set out for a walk with her fiancé’s dog Bowie in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park very late on a Thursday night in July 2021. On her walk, someone attacked her and Bowie, and stabbed them both to death. When she failed to return home her fiancé Emma used Find My iPhone to track her, and found Katie and Bowie both bleeding and dead near the entrance to the park. Katie had a message carved into her torso, and she was stabbed more than 50 times. No one can think of a motive why anyone would kill this young woman, and police are stumped. Who killed Katie and Bowie?
Sources and notes for this episode:
Intro music: Black Moons by 126ers
Background music: Tensions – David Fesliyan Studios
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RESOURCES:
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/piedmont-park-murder-a-familiarity-between-victim-and-killer-investigators-say
https://discoveratlanta.com/partner/piedmont-park/#:~:text=Piedmont%20Park%20is%20the%20premier%20green%20space%20and,public%20swimming%20pool%2C%20two%20ponds%20and%20dog%20park.
'My heart is so very broken': Fiancé of woman stabbed to death at Piedmont Park mourns loss (fox5atlanta.com)
Piedmont Park - Discover Atlanta
Officials warn people not to visit Piedmont Park alone at night until killer is caught – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta (wsbtv.com)
Katie Janness Murder: Autopsy Finds Atlanta Woman Was Stabbed 50 Times | PEOPLE.com
‘She Was Still Alive’: Forensics Expert Says Disturbed Piedmont Park Killer Tortured Victim Alive Before Killing Her – Crime Online
Piedmont Park murder: Autopsy report reveals new details in Katie Janness' death (fox5atlanta.com)
911 Audio Casts Suspicion on Katherine Janness’s girlfriend | Latest Celebrity News, Sports and Entertainment | Sandra Rose
911 Audio Casts Suspicion on Katherine Janness’s girlfriend | Latest Celebrity News, Sports and Entertainment | Sandra Rose
Piedmont Park murder: Autopsy report reveals gruesome details in Katie Janness' death | News | mdjonline.com
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