The Carpool Detectives

 

A few years back I heard about web sleuths: people who use the power of the internet for good, to help solve cold cases. I thought it was something I could do but I got quickly disheartened by the sheer number of unsolved cases and realized it wasn't for me. These four women did it, though, which is so amazing!

Shortly before the pandemic started, Marissa, a stay at home mom, was looking to get back into the workforce and took an investigative journalism class. While watching some B roll footage, she saw a police helicopter retrieval of an SUV where the two passengers had been found dead. Surprisingly, it was ruled a homicide and the case was still unsolved, fifteen years later. 

Once COVID kicked in, Marissa connected with three other like minded women (Jeannie, Samira, and Nicole) who wanted to solve the case of Joel and Angela Watkins (not their real names). With dogged persistence they were actually able to find out what happened to the couple. It was an incredible story.