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Feb 12, 2024
A 35-year-old cold case was closed last year despite it being unsolved. Now, efforts exist to open it again as the daughter returns home with a mission.
Sarah Horbacewicz February 12, 2024 Lengthy article.
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'MCGEHEE, Ark. — In 1989, Julia Golden was a McGehee school teacher and mom to a three-year-old when her life was cut short.'
"[Golden] had been stabbed repeatedly," Howell said. "Throat had been slashed. Clothes were ripped off. [Police] said she was stabbed over 100 times."
According to police documents, investigators believe the killer likely "knew Golden well." Authorities have questioned at least five initial suspects and more than a dozen witnesses.
Investigators said Golden was likely killed with a knife and an ice pick by two people, steering detectives toward duos that included Wayne Harris, a married man Golden was rumored to have had an affair with, and his brother-in-law.
During an interview with Harris, he claimed he was home with his wife at the time of the murder. However, Harris did admit to having an affair with Golden, but said he hadn't slept with her in years.''
''Court records show another pair of initial suspects, Golden's coworker, Anette Thomas, and her girlfriend, Jody Matthews.
"It was said that there were two women that questioned my mother," Howell said. "If she was involved romantically with someone else... with one of them."
Additionally, court documents explained how the state believed Golden was jealous of Thomas' friendship with Golden, bringing them to her apartment that night.''
A 35-year-old cold case was closed last year despite it being unsolved. Now, efforts exist to open it again as the daughter returns home with a mission.
Sarah Horbacewicz February 12, 2024 Lengthy article.
Her mom was killed 35 years ago, now this daughter wants the case reopened
A 35-year-old cold case was closed last year despite it being unsolved. Now, efforts exist to open it again as the daughter returns home with a mission.
www.thv11.com
"[Golden] had been stabbed repeatedly," Howell said. "Throat had been slashed. Clothes were ripped off. [Police] said she was stabbed over 100 times."
According to police documents, investigators believe the killer likely "knew Golden well." Authorities have questioned at least five initial suspects and more than a dozen witnesses.
Investigators said Golden was likely killed with a knife and an ice pick by two people, steering detectives toward duos that included Wayne Harris, a married man Golden was rumored to have had an affair with, and his brother-in-law.
During an interview with Harris, he claimed he was home with his wife at the time of the murder. However, Harris did admit to having an affair with Golden, but said he hadn't slept with her in years.''
''Court records show another pair of initial suspects, Golden's coworker, Anette Thomas, and her girlfriend, Jody Matthews.
"It was said that there were two women that questioned my mother," Howell said. "If she was involved romantically with someone else... with one of them."
Additionally, court documents explained how the state believed Golden was jealous of Thomas' friendship with Golden, bringing them to her apartment that night.''
