On Sept. 9, 1989, 16-year-old Janie left her home and went to a party with classmates at her cousin's Cabin in Searcy County, Arkansas. These weren't the typical people she hung out with. There were at least forty kids at the party.
They placed her in the back of a pickup and took her into town for help as the cabin had no phone. The Paramedics arrived in the town square to help the girl, but it was no use. Paramedics noted that she was covered in sand and twigs.
It was found that Janie was wet. When her father went to identify her body he buttoned a button on her shirt noting that she was wet. He also noticed a huge bruise on her neck. He also noticed that there was sand in her hair. One newspaper claimed that it in a postmortem picture of Janie showed her face bruised and scratched.
When they asked for an autopsy her body was sent to Little Rock Lab. She had arrived clean and was wearing different clothes than what she was wearing before. She was wearing a shirt that had a skull with a gaping mouth. Her family was beginning to suspect something was going on.
When the initial 1989 autopsy came out they claimed her neck snapped forward consistent with a fall. The man who did the autopsy was known for botched autopsies though. It was known her neck was broken though.
So another autopsy was done on her in 2004. In this finding, they found she had injuries from her head snapping back, like a car accident, hanging or a violent blow would do. Another autopsy was done and it was stated that she could have choked on food and had died the way she had.
So what really happened to Janie that night? Was it murder or an accident?
SOURCES:
Baxter Bulletin
Baxter Bulletin
Baxter Bulletin
Baxter Bulletin
Los Angeles Times
Arkansas Online
Hell and Gone
I Heart Radio
I Heart Radio
Arkansas Online
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