Elizabethton High School students, TBI join forces to get answers in 40-year-old cold case

$10,000 reward offered in 40-year-old Campbell County cold case

ELK VALLEY, Tenn. (WATE) — A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a killer or killers in a 40-year-old cold case, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. In 1985, skeletal remains were found in Campbell County along with a necklace of plastic buttons. Unable to determine her identity, investigators started calling the remains "Baby Girl." Her identity remained unknown until 2022 when…

Elizabethton High School students, TBI join forces to get answers in 40-year-old cold case

Elizabethton High School students joined the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to uncover new leads in Tracy Sue Walker's 1978 murder case.

A 24-year-old is found dead in her car, neither fingerprints nor phantom images lead to the perpetrator. Half a century after the murder, the prosecution now believes that the culprit has been found – using updated databases.

Jeannette Ralston was found dead in his car in 1977. An update of the FBI database algorithm enabled him to find the killer almost 4,000 kilometers.

Students and TBI Renew Push for Leads in 40-Year-Old Murder Case

CAMPBELL COUNTY – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has partnered with sociology students at Elizabethton High School to raise awareness about a cold case out of Campbell County. It’s been forty years since the skeletal remains of a young girl were found in a remote part of the Elk Valley community of Campbell County. At the time, investigators weren’t able to determine her identity, and she became affectionately known as ‘Baby Girl.’ In 202…

The fingerprint of the man who allegedly killed Jeannette Ralston in 1977 has now been found in the FBI database, thanks to an algorithm change.