11: She Was Murdered On Her First Day | The Murder of Carol Jenkins

In today's episode, Jen discusses the murder of Carol Jenkins. An African American woman in the 1960s, who was working her very first day at a new job, after being laid off. She was given a task to go into a sundown town, a town known to be racist, and commit horrendous crimes against people of color. Carol Jenkins was stalked by two men when she entered the town, and was soon murdered by the 10 PM. This case was cold for 33 years until someone called the police. Carol Jenkins entered the town of Martinsville, Indiana on September 16th 1968 while working her first very day, as a door-to-doors salesperson. Shortly after arriving, she was stalked by two men, yelling slurs at her. Carol came up with a plan to ask for some shelter from the next house to she went to. Luckily, she met the Neale family who took her in for a few hours, but after a few hours Carol wanted to catch up with her colleagues and leave. Unfortunately she never made it home. She was stalked by two men, who then killed her. In this episode we take a deeper look into what happened to Carol, who she was, and why it took the police 33 years to solve this case. Trigger Warning: Racism, hate crimes, murder, KKK discussions, racist police Request a case Disclaimer: If anything we say is incorrect, or ignorant please comment below, or email us. If you are personally affected by this case or any of our future cases/episodes, and would like us to delete or take down the video, please also contact us.