The Girl Next Door

from 48 Hours · host CBS News

On May 1, 2003, the body of a teenage girl was found in a trash bag behind a restaurant in California. The mystery of “Jane Doe” motivated a community, investigators and forensic scientists to find who she was and who killed her. "48 Hours" correspondent Harold Dow reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/4/2009. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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