She Asked Us to Investigate the Case of a Crime Scene She Cleaned Up! #truecrime #crimejunkie | Forensic Files

Hi Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers. >> And I'm Brit. And today's story is one
that found me about 8 months ago. I was coming through our case suggestions and one of them just jumped out. [music] It
was from a woman down in Texas named Jolita Wilkinson who wanted help rewriting the false narrative around her
sister's death. A death that was ruled such a shameful accident in the 1980s in small town
Texas that her family didn't really speak of it. So she was never able to voice her concerns [music] about a crime
scene that she had to clean up. One that she believes pointed to murder. Now part of her submission, I actually
want to read it to you. >> [music] >> It said, "My parents did not want to stir the pot because her past may
embarrass the family and her 3-year-old son. So I told them after they passed, I
would dig into the truth. They have now passed and I feel it's time to really investigate her death
being as there are so many coincidences, discrepancies, and I hate that my nephew
has lived the past 40 years believing his mom accidentally killed herself masturbating." Now this woman came
[music] to us believing that her sister might have actually been murdered by a known serial killer. But she didn't know
where to go from there. So a few months ago I put one of our reporters on this case and through our own investigation
we have come to agree with Jolita. Her sister was murdered. But maybe not by the roaming serial killer she [music]
thought. Because our investigation led us to the case of two other women who died in the
same small town. And all these women linked back to one [music] local man. So let me start with the story of Rowena
Wilkinson Zapolac.

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Brief Summary

Jolita Wilkinson seeks justice for her sister Rowena's death, believed to be murder linked to a local man and other victims.

Key points

A Sister's Quest for Truth. Jolita Wilkinson seeks to rewrite the narrative around her sister's death, believing it was murder.
Murder or Accident?. Investigations suggest a local man may be linked to multiple deaths in a small town.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I would dig into the truth.

Jolita's determination to uncover the truth about her sister's death.

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