Jane Marie Smith

Death by Force

In the autumn of 1984, the community of Madison, Wisconsin, was shaken by the tragic death of Jane Marie Smith, a 22-year-old Caucasian woman. On November 12, 1984, Smith, a recent graduate, was jogging in a park near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus when she was brutally attacked. Her life was cut short by multiple stab wounds, a violent end to a promising young life.

The investigation into her death revealed a chilling connection to a string of unsolved homicides in the Madi ...Read More