UNSOLVED KY - Jessie Marie “Twilight Song” Crooks, 15, found murdered in Warren County, Sept 2001

[cclayle43]

This is one of my friends growing up. It 2001 she was found murdered. The case has never been solved and we haven't heard anything else on the case in years even though they claim the case is still open. I want more than anything to find out who killed her and bring them to justice. I know if anyone can do it, this is the place to go.

A teenage girl was found dead after a phone call. Now the case is being reopened

Twilight Crooks disappeared not long after answering a payphone by the Plano County Store in rural Kentucky the day before 9/11. After a frantic two-week search, her body was found — dressed in a sweater no one recognized. Skylar Baker-Jordan reports on a case that seemed impossible to solve...

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[MadMcGoo]

Sep 01, 2001, page 3 - The Park City Daily News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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Sep 14, 2001, page 26 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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[MadMcGoo]

May 13, 2021, page A1 - The Park City Daily News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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[MadMcGoo]

Jessie Marie “Twilight Song” Crooks (1985-2001) -...

Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks was 15 years old at death. She was a Santa Fe, N. M. native and a student at Greenwood High School.

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[Richard]

Jessie Marie “Twilight Song” Crooks​

BIRTH 22 Oct 1985
DEATH 10 Sep 2001 (aged 15) Warren County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL Bowling Green Gardens Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA

Jessie Marie "Twilight Song" Crooks was 15 years old at death. She was a Santa Fe, N. M. native and a student at Greenwood High School.

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Jessie Marie “Twilight Song” Crooks (1985-2001) -...

Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks was 15 years old at death. She was a Santa Fe, N. M. native and a student at Greenwood High School.

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[Oakie]

Thanks for posting this. I'd never heard of the case.

 

[Diavola]

A teenage girl was found dead after a mysterious phone call. Two decades later, the case is being reopened (10 January 2023)​

Late in the evening of August 28, 2001, Twilight received a phone call from a payphone outside the Plano Country Store. Not long afterwards, at around 11:00 PM, she left her house barefoot. Walking barefoot wasn’t necessarily out of character for Twilight, but those who knew her say that it definitely indicated she only intended to be gone a short while.
Twilight left no note nor told anyone where she was going or who she was meeting, as far as investigators know. It is believed, however, that she knew whomever she left her house to see that day.
It was the last time she would be seen alive. The next morning, upon realizing she was missing, Bobby and his wife, Linda – Twilight’s stepmother – reported their daughter missing.

Following a two-week frantic search by her parents, her community, and police, her body was found in what is now a soybean field. It was little more than 15 miles from the Victorian fountain burbling in a historic and picturesque square at the heart of Bowling Green’s downtown.

Her cause of death has never been released, and while investigators have identified one person of interest, no name has ever been made public.

What is known is that Twilight left her house barefoot after that phone call. Her body was found dressed in pants and a blue Edmonson County High School jersey emblazoned with the number 10. But Twilight attended Greenwood High School. Police were able to track down where that jersey came from, and found out that it had been donated to a local thrift store before coming into her possession. Family and friends, however, do not recall having seen the jersey before.
How Twilight came into possession of the jersey remains an open question. It is possible that whoever she met gave her the jersey, and it is likely that person was the last person to see her alive.

 

[cclayle43]

Thanks for posting this. I'd never heard of the case.

I'm hoping this will help get some movement going in the right direction.