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In September 1968, 21-year-old Carol Jenkins was walking door to door in Martinsville, Indiana, selling encyclopedias. On one of her last stops, Carol told the woman who answered the door that two white men had been following and harassing her. As a Black woman, Carol was frightened. Thirty minutes later, Carol was found murdered. 

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Episode Source List:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/carol-jenkins

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/07/who-killed-carol-jenkins

https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/the-girl-in-the-yellow-scarf-focuses-on-the-1968-murder-of-carol-jenkins 

https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/11/03/martinsville-remakes-racist-image/775258001/ 

https://www.in.gov/library/files/CarolJenkinsUpdated.pdf 

https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news-events/news/item.html?n=investigative-journalist-chapman-tells-story-of-carol-jenkins-murder-in-documentary

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/investigations/carol-jenkins-davis-memorial-park/531-a5714f08-97a3-4a5f-81f6-53d0f2628b4a 

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2002/05/08/suspect-charged-in-jenkins-murder/48695727/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpsV9vcRqTI 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bes4ewOtlqs 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125584151/carol-marie-jenkins_-_davis