Case 121: The Freeway Phantom

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Inside the pocket of her coat was a piece of white notebook paper with a handwritten message that read: “This is tantamount to my insensitivity to people, especially women. I will admit the others when you catch me if you can.” The note was signed, the “Freeway Phantom.”
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Research - Anonymous Host
Writing - Elsha McGill
Production, scoring - Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
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[@theresag1969]

I saw the title "The Freeway Phantom" and cried. Little black girls being abused or murdered doesn't usually garner local attention. No one cares much about little black girls except for black woman. To have CaseFile bring this case to international attention in the hopes of solving this case is a God sent for lost little black girls and black women everywhere. Simply thank you.

[@adamcairns2434]

1969Vanessa G "no one cares about little black girls except for black women"???? Do you truly believe that absolute garbage?? If you truly cared about little black girls you wouldn't be sending out such a negative message to them just to satisfy your need to play the victim. Hypocrite.

[@Vampybattie]

@@adamcairns2434 I mean it true when black girls go missing it doesn't get many wide attention unlike white girls do , there's something called white women syndrome where white women when they go missing or end up being killed get more attention from police and media then males and minorities

[@adamcairns2434]

Tryshita Pytoshit I think if we're being fair, it's more to do with socio economic background than just simply skin colour. Sadly, you are right in a way. The MEDIA make a bigger deal out of it. The media are the biggest bunch of heartless, soulless scum on the planet. To say the police have the same attitude these days is a slap in the face to all the good police out there. Having said that, your comment was much more rational than the original comment.

[@nataliethomas4338]

@@adamcairns2434 I think the point being made is that typically missing children cases get more press coverage if they're from affluent areas. And this is even more true of 'white' children. Its a sad but well documented fact.

[@onlypimpseattacoswiththeir3017]

That's a whole bunch of bullshit

[@billie6814]

Myyyy god it's frustrating that the cops just drove by and didn't look for the body properly after it was seen there and reported.

[@freepeopleworldwide]

Laziness

[@Y0uTubeCommentPoster]

ACAB

[@AMYV3]

Thank you. Best crime channel ever !! Best story telling

[@migspit]

Excellent rundown of a sadly overlooked case

[@richardblades6246]

Love these Saturday (UK) deliveries 📦 🚚 of Casefile. Thank you!

[@HappyMomma412]

This is one of the best and most emotionally haunting episodes you all have done. Thank you! God bless you. From Saint Louis, MO, USA. 🌸🙏🏾💫💜

[@Trund27]

How can evidence and files be treated so shabbily??? That’s a huge police fail right there.

[@b.freeman2118]

Maybe cause cause they were black’

[@marionhope7506]

…Or maybe, it’s because the evidence led to a Caucasian killer. Notice how one of the victims explicitly told a family member that she was with a white man heading to Virginia? Not to mention, one victim was found with a white person’s hair on her body? Ineptitude on the part of the police made them assume that the killer was black and ZERO effort was given to follow up on the clues that a white man (possibly a cop) could be responsible for the deaths. I believe racial bias is what caused the evidence to be missing and mishandled initially. But I believe that the DNA evidence pointed to a white offender, which would have resulted in an embarrassment to the investigating department. So it is being suppressed. Also because the identity of the white man proves that he was in law enforcement.

[@andysmith5997]

Five years before ,black people weren’t allowed to attend the same schools in large areas of the U S including the North,and segregation laws in the South were still statute. Leaders of the Free World my eye.

[@zmvrcv]

oh no, anyway@@b.freeman2118

[@cristaltucker513]

Very well done as always.

[@RandaWise]

I was about 6 years old when I first heard about it. My mom and aunts were talking about the Freeway Phantom. I had older female cousins who were not allowed out alone because of this. We lived in the Anacostia, Southeast DC area.

[@DickDickstein]

Let me get this straight...there were about 30 escaped mental patients, that were all there because they had committed violent crimes, and the cops found ALL of them right away trying to find a suspect in the other case? Seems like those escapees would have been something they would have pursued when they happened don't you think? This sounds like they basically didn't bother recapturing them until someone figured there might be a lead in this case.

[@RandaWise]

Yep! You hit the nail right on the head. And by the way, it was very easy to escape from Saint Elizabeth's Hospital back then - that is, until Hinkley was taken there after an attempt on Reagan's life.

[@natalieh4354]

My thoughts exactly

[@KellyfromMemphis]

All those “racial injustices” we thought happened unfairly, that’s back before we all had statistics in our pockets…I miss being niave tbh 😢

[@Sirenmoonbee]

Best bit about weekends xx

[@natalieh4354]

Why the hell didn't Carol's mum do shopping trip with her once she found her outside... FFS this drives me crazy... But I know Carol's Mumma would be thinking about that for the rest of her life ... Heartbreaking 😢

[@outlawJosieFox]

Things were just different back then. Many of us went to the shops unaccompanied at that age and played in local parks for hours without parents knowing exactly where you were. True crime was not nearly as comprehensibly covered as it is now and so you may well never have heard of any kind of serial killer case unless it was on your doorstep. Most people did not have a home phone nor a car. The goddess only knows how any of us survived the 70s and 80s.

[@andrewmckeown6786]

Agreed. The thing I heard most growing up was "get out of this house and go do something outside". Very, very, very, different times

[@CommanderWicked]

Great as always guys!

[@SHurd-rc2go]

Can't do children. Thank you for the warnings you give. I'll just move on to another of your excellent podcasts.

[@bradleythebuilder8743]

The freeway phantom certainly didn’t feel that way

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why didn’t she take her kid to 7-11 when she saw her??!

[@kyliegray9418]

Ok so I just listened to this for an 1hr 20mins for it not to be solved 😫 I do love your series though!

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Surprised you not heard of it , I’m a huge true crime but though so I already knew it hadn’t been solved

[@anitaholst7671]

So heartbreaking!

[@leyla2210]

I look forward to your return in February 🙏😊

[@studlynesss]

How in TF is this still unsolved?

[@michellesartori6695]

I believe that the 3 Police Departments that have jurisdiction over their county's evidence should pick someone from each Detective team, hopefully someone who at least KNOWS of the case, and they agree to come clean about the evidence or potential evidence they each have. They need to see each other as colleagues, NOT the opposition! I would suggest a night out at a local steak restaurant and bar and look at finding similarities between each of them and then if they want to talk shop then talk shop. For this I'd find a quite nook somewhere or perhaps someone will open up THEIR home for more after dinner drinks until the distrust goes and you have a cohesive group of cops who might just try and solve a Cold Case! If this isn't successful, send your evidence to the Vidoc Society, and maybe they'll take a shot at it. Finally, check every other genetic test bank and see what you find there! I have no further examples to share, but wasn't there a pool of money mentioned previously for $9K? You HAVE what you need to solve these cases, so start from the beginning! It's already the boxes!

[@clickityclackity75]

He probably just moved from one parish, to another .

[@jomcmenamin4579]

As allways excellence personified

[@iknitbecuzmurderisfrownedupon]

Ain't those awethoritais just the epitome of brilliance.

[@ruthbeamish8849]

Do l detect the merest tad of sarcasm ?

[@ssherrierable]

Found a new channel to sub..

[@rhysa8065]

I think it was like 2-3 people considering one time they forgot the shoes

[@katrinarose72]

The one girl who didn’t have her shoes missing was killed by a gang and they were convicted.

[@ashes0529]

✌

[@cuzetteengelbrecht9233]

Utan

[@Smiles2U4Ever]

This guy's voice is monotonous and he's obviously reading from a script. I became bored within 2 minutes.

[@FatCatLuna]

I agree.

[@kriziaeverett4461]

did you expect him to have this whole segment memorized?? lmfaoooo you go do that first and then come back and complain lolll

[@FatCatLuna]

@@kriziaeverett4461 he can read off a script and not be so monotone and boring lol.

[@calamityj3634]

Smiles2U4Ever it’s the stories themselves that hold the listeners attention . No drama queen pyrotechnics here just clear detailed respectful research. There are other channels you can choose from. Enjoy

[@hydras5947]

not everybody needs constant yelling and sound effects to keep them interested

[@robliles9288]

Your voice sounds like lazy another KZbinr