Episode 37: Unsolved in Dallas

Murderous Roots with Denise & Zelda

In June 1985, the body of a young woman was found naked, wrapped in a sheet, in the trunk of a car. Upon looking at her body, a police officer told the press that it appeared as if she died of a drug overdose. When the autopsy came back, she had no drugs in her system.

For reasons unknown to her family, the police spent little to no time investigating what happened to 24-year-old Catherine “Catrina” Mowrey. Her family never got answers or any sense that the Dallas Police Department cared about what happened to her.
In this episode, we talk about what led up to Catherine’s death, the murder of her sister Joan, and the tragic death of her youngest sister, Deborah. The victim’s niece and namesake, Catrina Marshall, joined us to share information, what she hopes happens with her petition to the Dallas Police Department, and stayed for a discussion on the Mowrey family tree.