Luckily, investigators had a key witness: Kulow Fennel, who identified Egley out of a lineup as the man who tried to kidnap her. A bar owner confirmed she did see him later that night, but mentioned he had red spots all over his shirt. When they tracked Egley down, he denied any involvement in the killing and said he spent the day of the killing in town having drinks, eating a hamburger, and window shopping. Her grandmother went to police after Asay Jones told her she heard a man in their house telling Jones he was going to kill her, who she thought was Jones' friend "Tom."Īuthorities scoured Jones' diaries and did find mention of a Tom - Tom Egley, a man she dated for just about two months. It seemed too bizarre of a coincidence for there to be two criminals attacking women in the same quiet neighborhood on the same day.Īnother essential clue surfaced after Asay Jones started talking more about that night. Lori Kulow Fennel was outside playing when a strange man grabbed her and tried to take her, but she managed to scream loudly enough to scare him off. However, they did have an important lead - the same day Jones was killed, a man tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl who lived nearby.
“I believe Loretta stayed quiet to protect her own child because she was afraid her daughter would run out and get hurt as well," Brewer concluded.Ī medical examiner confirmed she was murdered with a small, narrow knife and also found semen on her, but DNA testing was still in its infancy in the 1970s. Curiously, Jones barely had any defensive wounds and Jones Asay, when questioned by police, said she hadn't heard her mother screaming or anything like that the night of the killing.
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