CHAMBLEE, Ga - A cold case dating back 37 years, has now been cracked by a stay at home mom and a civilian who works for a metro Atlanta police department."His name was the 1985 Marion County John Doe," said Barbara King Ladd.Barbara King Ladd lives in Tennessee.
She read an article about a man's body found in 1985, not far from her home.The man had been murdered, but after all these years, he had never been identified.Barbara was curious.
She started checking missing persons sites from Tennessee and neighboring states."I thought it would be worth the effort to cross state lines to dump a body.
So I honed in on Georgia because it was close to Marion County," said Barbara.It didn't take long before she found a match."When I found Donald, I just knew it was him.