Episode 47: The Murders of Carol Cole and Stacey Chahorski
This episode of the Bitter Endings Podcast was originally a mini episode for Patreon members. It features two unrelated cases of girls who vanished and were later found murdered.
Carol Ann Cole, a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan vanished after moving to Texas with her mother when she was just fifteen years old. Her whereabouts would remain a mystery for thirty-plus years until a chance discovery on the internet connected her disappearance to a Louisiana Jane Doe.
Show Sources for Carol Cole
Nola.com: Woman Believes Father Killed Bossier Doe
Nola.com: Homicide Detectives Focus on the Man Who Found the Body of Bossier Doe
True Crime Daily: Victim Identified 34 Years Later
MlIve: Carol Ann Cole Laid to Rest After 34 Years
Stacey Chahorski from Norton Shores, Michigan was nineteen, when she vanished while hitchhiking from North Carolina back to Michigan. Her remains would go unidentified for decades until genetic genealogy finally connected her to the body of a strangled woman in Georgia.
Show Sources for Stacey Chahorski
11Alive: Body Found in Georgia 33 Years Ago Identified at Michigan Woman
WZZM13: Police: Woman found in Georgia in 1988 identified as missing woman with ties to Norton Shores
CNN: Remains of a woman who went missing 33 years ago are identified. Now authorities will look for her killer