For more than a quarter of a century, the murder of Jeanie Childs remained one of Minneapolis’ most haunting unsolved crimes. Investigators believed they had collected valuable evidence from the apartment where the 35-year-old...
Jeanie Childs was 35 years old when she was brutally murdered inside her Minneapolis apartment in June 1993. For more than 26 years, her killing remained one of Minnesota’s most perplexing unsolved homicide cases,...
Jerry Westrom was an established Minnesota businessman and youth hockey father when investigators unexpectedly linked him to one of the state’s oldest unsolved murder cases. For more than 25 years, his name had never...
48 Hours returns with another examination of a decades-long homicide investigation in “The Footprint,” airing Saturday, July 18, 2026, on CBS and Paramount+. The broadcast explores the 1993 murder of Jeanie Childs, a Minneapolis...
When Jeanie Childs was found murdered inside her Minneapolis apartment in June 1993, detectives were confronted with one of the most violent crime scenes they had ever investigated. Her killing remained unsolved for more...
