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Carol Ann Dougherty

Carol Ann Dougherty

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On today’s episode we discuss the 1962 homicide of 9 year old Carol Ann Dougherty. Her case was finally solved after 63 years.Let’s discuss the case and how investigators finally solved this one after so much unknown for so many decades.

Sources for episode:

https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/supreme-court/1988/87-k-1059-1.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/904/282/388759/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192904548/francis_joseph-dougherty/photo#view-photo=330188717
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/suspect-identified-1962-murder-9-212816518.html
https://bucks.crimewatchpa.com/da/29567/post/cold-case-finds-justice-suspect-identified-1962-murder-carol-ann-dougherty?brid=J75r3MqcTRgf9uWOGwky_A&fbclid=IwZnRzaANvppRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr4jg9Cs5koAQ_Py0ojfv5bztIiRqEb5uKe1-wkTIjtc9o3GsasK5ERGS35e_aem_doJ6Yxkb-9foCzkGtl4IDA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carol_Ann_Dougherty#:~:text=Carol%20Ann%20Dougherty%20was%20a%209%2Dyear%2Dold%20girl,on%20her%20way%20to%20return%20library%20books.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/schoolgirls-decades-long-cold-case-murder-solved-with-dna-confession-evidence/
https://youtu.be/FuVQ52tJkKg?si=HjoRoqfHOJezExGx
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/9-year-carol-ann-killed-church-1962-murderer/story?id=127013830
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139287618/carol_ann-dougherty

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/1962-bristol-church-murder-carol-171326617.html
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/cold-case-murder-rape-carol-ann-dougherty-bristol-bucks-county-pennsylvania/4293649/
The Coldest Murder: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-coldest-murder/id1760811235
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