Part 3. On January 26, 1994, 17-year-old Tami Renee Jackson’s body is discovered. Port Authority workers on Hutchinson Island, near Savannah, Georgia, find Tami; she has been stabbed more than 130 times, is bound, and has been run over by a vehicle. Investigators process evidence at the scene and conduct interviews with potential witnesses, but eventually, the case goes cold.

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, recaps Tami’s cold case  with Stacy Patterson, sister of Tami Jackson. Stacy discusses how her emotions and grief process around getting the phone call that Tami was pronounced dead by murder. Sheryl explains how new technology makes this case solvable and educates the listeners on types of tools that could be used to catch the murderer(s?)

Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction to Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum 

0:10 Brief overview of the homicide case involving victim, Tami Jackson

[2:31] A quote from the medical examiner… “This was a slow death. Tammy Jackson suffered before she died.”

[3:15] Stacy shares her experience getting the call about Tami’s death 

[5:37] “You're not only dealing with the information coming so slowly, but you're also just dealing with the whole grief process…” -Stacy

[7:13] Tami Jackson’s case is currently ongoing and solvable

[8:06] Detective Tara Smith and all her conviction

[9:21] Describing M-Vac

[9:58] Describing the Bardole Method

[10:23] Describing Phenotyping

[11:27] CODIS explained 

[13:43] This is a LIVE ongoing case… Anyone with information should come forward

[14:40] Zone 7 is not just a podcast. Listeners are part of this cold case. Anybody can solve a cold case and everybody should try. If you think of something we hadn't thought of, let me know. Hit me up on social media. Email me, call me

[16:23] Thank you for joining us on Zone 7. We'll see you next time as we take on the case of 19 year old Britney Phillips, raped and strangled in her own apartment just across the street from her former school.

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