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July 10, 2024
The Oak Grove Cemetery Murders – Part 1
On February 22, 1972, 19-year-old Shirley Elizabeth Whitten and 26-year-old Roger Dale Higgins were found stabbed to death in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. The case remains unsolved. Join us as we discuss this decades-old case and try to unravel what happened to Shirley and Roger.
On February 22, 1972, 19-year-old Shirley Elizabeth Whitten and 26-year-old Roger Dale Higgins were found stabbed to death in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. The case remains unsolved. Join retired FBI profilers Julia Cowley, Angela Sercer, Susan Kossler-Drew, and Bob Drew us as we discuss this decades-old case and try to unravel what happened to Shirley and Roger.
Shirley's car in the Oak Grove Cemetery (Sumter Co. Sheriff's Office)
Visual depicting where Shirley's car was located and the tracks of the u-turn (Created by Jeni Decker, host of Down & Away podcast)
Depiction of Shirley's car (created by Jeni Decker, host of Down & Away podcast)
Thank you to Jeni Decker, host of Down & Away podcast for not only bringing this case to our attention, but also sharing all her research and diagrams with us. Jeni covered this case in Season 21 of Down & Away.
If you or someone you know has information regarding this case, please contact the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at (352) 569-1600, or if you wish to remain anonymous, please call (800) 423-TIPS (8477). For more information, please visit: Sumter County Sheriff's Office Cold Cases
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Music: "Light in the Basement" by John Hanske. You can listen to John's music on Spotify.