40 Years ago...
Carrie Ann Jopek, age 13 was murdered 16 March 1982
The death of Carrie Ann Jopek, a 13-year-old from Milwaukee, WI, shook her community and remained unsolved for more than 30 years. The teenager went missing in 1982, and her body was found in a shallow grave 17 months later.
Police were stuck. Carrie Ann's killing became one of many famous cold cases that had little physical evidence and no strong suspects. That is, until Jose Ferreira picked up the phone in 2015. In the span of one day, Ferreira called his estranged wife, a crisis hotline, and a Milwaukee news station – confessing to all of them that he had killed the teenager.
Within days, Carrie Ann's case went from the archive of unsolved murders to the front pages of local newspapers. Ferreira claimed Carrie Ann had been haunting him ever since the crime, and her mother is convinced that her daughter helped bring her own killer to justice after 33 long years...
LINK:
A Man Called A TV Station And Confessed To A Murder And Assault 33 Years Later
Carrie Ann Jopek, age 13 was murdered 16 March 1982
The death of Carrie Ann Jopek, a 13-year-old from Milwaukee, WI, shook her community and remained unsolved for more than 30 years. The teenager went missing in 1982, and her body was found in a shallow grave 17 months later.
Police were stuck. Carrie Ann's killing became one of many famous cold cases that had little physical evidence and no strong suspects. That is, until Jose Ferreira picked up the phone in 2015. In the span of one day, Ferreira called his estranged wife, a crisis hotline, and a Milwaukee news station – confessing to all of them that he had killed the teenager.
Within days, Carrie Ann's case went from the archive of unsolved murders to the front pages of local newspapers. Ferreira claimed Carrie Ann had been haunting him ever since the crime, and her mother is convinced that her daughter helped bring her own killer to justice after 33 long years...
LINK:
A Man Called A TV Station And Confessed To A Murder And Assault 33 Years Later
