Cold Case Files · A&E / PodcastOne

REOPENED: The Clock Strikes Murder

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Daniel Wells admits he hit Tanya with a cutting board and dumped her body after she rejected him.
This episode investigates the 1985 murder of Tanya McKinley in Pensacola, Florida, which remained unsolved for 35 years. Through advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy, investigators eventually identify and arrest Daniel Wells, who confesses before taking his own life, highlighting the impact on Tanya's family.

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A sober cold case that keeps the human cost in view.

Cold Case Files opens in Pensacola, Florida, on New Year's Day 1985 and stays with Tanya McKinley's murder in a careful, unsentimental way. It follows the roadside body near Peacock Drive and Creighton Road, the missing shoes, the bloody blue towel, the signs of battery, and the…

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You want a cold case that opens with a body on the curb in Pensacola and stays with the family that never stopped looking for Tanya.

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