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Unsolved: Worcester – Jo-Anne Muldoon and Deborah Johnson in 1973

By Tom Marino | March 12, 2024
Last Updated: April 23, 2024

WORCESTER – A true crime, cold case podcast series exploring the dozens of unsolved murders and missing persons cases currently under investigation by the Worcester Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police and the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office released episode 6 of Season 7 on Tuesday.

Unsolved: Worcester is a series of narrative episodes airing every Tuesday over six 10-episode series. The episodes have an average run time of 15 minutes.

In Episode 6 of Unsolved: Worcester Season 7, It’s just before 9 p.m. on September 30, 1973.

Jo-Anne Muldoon’s parents arrive at her apartment on Intervale Road in Fitchburg after a call from a neighbor saying they could hear Jo-Anne’s three month old son crying.

When they get to the second floor apartment, the door is unlocked. When the enter, the lights won’t come on. The power in the apartment is out.

Using light from the flame of a cigarette lighter, the Muldoons find baby Christopher safe in his crib.

It would be their first and only sigh of relief.

They found their daughter’s roommate Deborah Johnson dead on the sofa bed.

In the kitchen, their daughter Jo-Anne was dead on the floor.

Both young women had been stabbed to death. Their throats had been cut.

More than 50 years later, their murders remain unsolved.

The episode is now available to stream on the following platforms:

Each episode is accompanied by a video program highlighting each victim, where the murders took place or where the missing person was last seen, and other locations important to the case. The videos will feature exclusive aerial views of Worcester from Chasing Daylight Studio. Accompanying videos will be available on the show’s website and on YouTube.

For more information and updates, visit UnsolvedWorcester.com and follow Unsolved: Worcester on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

Watch the accompanying video to Episode 6 below: 

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