The Cold Case Club: Who Killed Debbie?
January 27, 2022
LIVE EVENT
The crimeHQ Cold Case Club: The Murder of Debbie Williamson
The first crimeHQ Cold Case Club session "Who Killed Debbie?" was led by case moderators Jen Bucholtz, a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agent turned private investigator; and George Jared, an investigative reporter and true crime author. Olivia LaVoice, an investigative crime reporter, was our host who guided us through the conversation and urged participants to send in their questions for the Q&A.
Bucholtz began by saying how excited they are for the crimeHQ Cold Case Club and that they are eager to use the power of crowdsourcing to help solve this case. Jared opened by explaining that he and Bucholtz met after she sent him an email about the then-unsolved Arkansas murder of Rebekah Gould. After their friendship and investigative collaboration grew as they both worked on behalf of Gould, it was their efforts and crowdsourcing which lured Gould's alleged killer to a Facebook group they duo hosted. After that success and their appearance at CrimeCon in 2021, they decided to continue working together, looking for a case that met their criteria. After they met Debbie Williamson's sister at CrimeCon and learned about the unsolved murder, they realized that Debbie's case was what they were looking for. Bucholtz emphasized: "I really like putting that out there, because I think that is one of the purposes of CrimeCon and crimeHQ, is to bring people together who can help some of these victims and their families."
About the Cold Case Club
Join the crimeHQ Cold Case Club as a citizen detective for the newly invigorated investigation into Debbie Williamson’s death. Your hosts and guides throughout the event will be CrimeCon Austin fan favorites, Jennifer Bucholtz and George Jared. Jen is a Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agent-turned-private investigator. George is an acclaimed crime author and investigative reporter. After cracking a difficult cold case together (the murder of Rebekah Gould), the pair has teamed up again to take on the murder of 18-year-old Debbie Williamson with our help.
Beginning on Tuesday, January 25th and weekly thereafter for 10 weeks, you will take a deep dive into the case files, hear from Debbie’s husband and family, learn from experts in death investigations, forensics, weapons and profiling, and be tasked to assist Bucholtz and Jared in their investigation, all with the hopes of finally catching a killer, or killers.
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