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Janet was a very very happy person and Janet seemingly had everything to look forward to in life my name is Francesco
celier and I am Janet Walsh's brother Janet was very wellik she had a lot of friends she was both on the
musical and the geeky side so to speak she's just a kid she's just a 23y old she had been out the night before with a
couple of girlfriends we found out that she didn't show up for work that morning I'm and go and in 1979 I was the
first police officer at the Janet Walsh homicide scene I walk in and I pull the sheet
back slightly there was no need to even check for a pulse because you could tell
by the her face and the scarf around her neck that she was dead I have a plot from an old TV show like Murder She
Wrote where we have five suspects and I can't put a finger on any of them one of
the things that we were told early on in the investigation was that even if the killer walked into the police station
and confessed today we would not be able to take them to trial because we do not
have enough evidence in the late 2000s the Pennsylvania State Police Cold Case unit began to relook at the
investigation assistant district attorney Britney Smith was assigned to prosecuted Britney what do we have here
this is Janet's purse this would have been the purse she used the night she went
out from August 31st 1979 into the early morning hours of September 1st 1979 mint gum makeup brush Keys those
types of things are in every woman's purse it definitely makes you feel as if there's a connection to her I
was shocked I could have fallen over when I get the phone call from Trooper De Milo that tells me that they found
DNA and where it was found I was literally standing at my desk my knees buckled I
said I sat down I said are you you kidding me they didn't know at the time who it was but they knew that whoever's
DNA this was would be the Killer

Janet Walsh was just 23 years old when she was found murdered in her Monaca, Pa., home in 1979. Back then, investigators were eyeing five suspects, but couldn't make an arrest. In 2010, time and technology catch up with the case. For more, watch "Janet's Secret," Saturday, Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

The episode details the unsolved homicide of Janet Walsh and the recent DNA breakthrough in her case.

Key points

The Homicide Investigation Begins. Janet Walsh's tragic death leads to a complex investigation with five suspects.
DNA Evidence Found. A breakthrough in the cold case as DNA is discovered, hinting at the killer's identity.

Episode highlights

The Homicide Investigation BeginsJanet Walsh's tragic death leads to a complex investigation with five suspects.“I can't put a finger on any of them.”0:58May 14, 2015

Episode quotes

She's just a kid, she's just a 23y old.

Describing Janet's youth and potential.

0:18WatchMay 14, 2015

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