Alaska woman keeps cold case vigil in sister's slaying
by Andrew Waite / Kenai Peninsula Clarion Fairbanks Daily News Miner
12.15.09 - 02:27 pm
KENAI, Alaska - The first time they spoke, she accused him of murder. Thirteen years later, she considers him a brother. Though they've never met, Sarah Musgrove-Short and Art White are connected by a shared love: a love for Jennifer Rachel White.
It's been 13 years since police found White's skull in a Kasilof driveway. It's been 13 years since the petite, 25-year-old missing woman became a suspected homicide victim. It's been 13 years since investigators first began searching for a potential killer.
"We're looking for anyone who saw her at all since last August -- no matter how trivial the contact," Lt. Randy Crawford told the Peninsula Clarion in 1996.
Thirteen years later, a different investigative team is still searching for the murderer.
"If people out there have thoughts or information, a phone call to any one of us would be handy," Jim Stogsdill, an investigator with the Alaska cold case unit, said recently.
Still, even 13 years later, Stogsdill's unit has a renewed hope of closing the Jennifer Rachel White (Goodwin) murder case.
Musgrove-Short has been trying locate her sister's murderer since investigators identified her remains in 1996. Even during the funeral, Musgrove-Short went around to her sister's friends asking questions. People told her she was acting inappropriately. She didn't care. She didn't know when she'd have the chance again to delve into her sister's private, scattered life.