On March 10, 1991, the body of 33-year-old Pamela Rose Aldridge McCall, a white female, was discovered near Saturn Parkway in Spring Hill, Tennessee. McCall, who was 24 weeks pregnant, had been strangled to death, and her unborn child also perished. Her clothing was torn, and she had visible injuries to her face and neck. Described as a free-spirited and transient individual, McCall often hitchhiked and was believed to have been traveling with a semi-truck driver around the time of her
death.
For nearly three decades, the case remained cold. However, in April 2019, the Spring Hill Police Department, in collaboration with the 22nd Judicial District Attorney's Office, reopened the investigation. Evidence collected from the original crime scene was submitted for modern DNA analysis, which yielded a full DNA profile of an unknown white male. This profile was entered into the Combined DNA Index System and matched DNA evidence from two unsolved homicides in Wyoming that occurred in 1992, just over a year after McCall's murder.
The DNA match led investigators to identify Clark Perry Baldwin, a former truck driver from Waterloo, Iowa, as the primary suspect. Baldwin was arrested at his home in Iowa on May 6, 2020. He was subsequently charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Pamela McCall and her unborn child.
In May 2025, a Maury County jury found Clark Baldwin guilty of the murders after four hours of deliberation. He was sentenced to life in prison. Following his conviction in Tennessee, Baldwin was set to be extradited to Wyoming to face charges in connection with the two homicides there. The successful resolution of this cold case brought a long-awaited sense of closure to McCall's family.
