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Another Friday, another Cold Case File video!Daniel Ford's mother was killed more than 30 years ago. No leads. Nothing. But clues within a simple white purse could be the answer to what happened.
2022
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'Spokesman Review reports dating back to summer of 2004, state detectives were hopeful whoever found Catherine's purse would come forward to give a more precise location. It's unclear if those witnesses ever did.
''Family members say the 40-year-old's remains were so badly decomposed, her body had to be identified through a fingerprint and a tattoo she got in honor of two of her children. The medical examiner could only determine Catherine was the victim of homicidal violence. For years, the case has gone cold'.
Seemingly, the only lead in the 2004 murder case was the discovery of Catherine's white, cloth purse. Catherine's son says he was told it was found by a neighbor or passerby near the Hangman Valley Golf Course in late May of 2004. That's also the same time frame of when Catherine was last seen alive, but her body wasn't found for weeks until July.''
Another Friday, another Cold Case File video!Daniel Ford's mother was killed more than 30 years ago. No leads. Nothing. But clues within a simple white purse could be the answer to what happened.
2022
Q6 Cold Case: The White Purse
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — It has been exactly 18 years since the body of Catherine Avis was discovered in a rural field outside of Valleyford. Family members say the 40-year-old's
'Spokesman Review reports dating back to summer of 2004, state detectives were hopeful whoever found Catherine's purse would come forward to give a more precise location. It's unclear if those witnesses ever did.
''Family members say the 40-year-old's remains were so badly decomposed, her body had to be identified through a fingerprint and a tattoo she got in honor of two of her children. The medical examiner could only determine Catherine was the victim of homicidal violence. For years, the case has gone cold'.
Seemingly, the only lead in the 2004 murder case was the discovery of Catherine's white, cloth purse. Catherine's son says he was told it was found by a neighbor or passerby near the Hangman Valley Golf Course in late May of 2004. That's also the same time frame of when Catherine was last seen alive, but her body wasn't found for weeks until July.''
