Active investigation · YCSD file 01-0127
Case FileMissy Hammond
On January 26, 2001, Jonah Dale arrived at the home of his 25-year-old daughter and found her dead in her bed. Her seven-year-old daughter Liddie was in the house, bewildered after apparently spending the night with her mother’s body.
Physical evidence was collected at the scene and witnesses are being questioned. No suspects were immediately identified.
Exhibit A · Hammond family photograph
2001
Section 01
What
happened?
Everything the class needs is filed in chronological order. Read the documents, weigh the statements, and decide for yourself.
Case summary · 26 Jan 2001
HomicideMissy had an ex-husband, a boyfriend, a doting neighbor, and a married ex-boyfriend. Each of them had a reason to want her quiet.
Three questions drive the investigation:
- 01What happened to this young mother?
- 02Who could’ve wanted to hurt her?
- 03What, if anything, did the child see and hear?
Section 02
First look?
Start here.
Four documents open the case. Read them in this order before you branch out into the rest of the archive.
TV news report
from the crime scene
Press
YCSD incident report
the first responding officers
Evidence
Newspaper coverage
young mother murdered
Press
Interview with Jonah Dale
the man who called 911
Interviews
The full archive
68 documents — evidence reports, interviews, biographies and press coverage, filed in chronological order.