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In the summer of 2004, two women were brutally murdered in their Florida home during the darkness of the predawn hours. All of the evidence seemed to point to their 24 year old neighbor, but following a trial and conviction, new testimony would bring into question whether the right person was on death row.

In February of 1993, 15 year old Emily Jeanette Garcia was reported missing by her mother after not returning home from a prenatal visit in San Antonio, TX. She had recently been released from a year-long sentence at a juvenile detention center, and was already five months pregnant. Less than two weeks later, her body was found approximately an hour away, but remained unidentified and labeled a Jane Doe for more than one year. Her case remains unsolved. Who would have motive to murder this young girl?

Emily Jeanette Garcia, 15, was reported missing by her mother from San Antonio, Texas in February of 1993. She had been recently released from a juvenile detention center for a petty theft, but was already five months pregnant. Less than two weeks after going missing, her body was found approximately an hour away in a different county. Her remains remained unidentified and labeled as a Jane doe for more than one year. Twenty-seven years later, her case is still unsolved, but her family feels very strongly that this was not just a random murder.

Welcome to Crime Cellar, a weekly podcast that explores unsolved homicides and missing persons cases.