COLORADO 1984 Cold Case UNSOLVED for 35 Years — Jury's Verdict SHOCKS Nation

She was nine years old. She disappeared from her own home on Christmas Eve. Thirty-five years later, they found her — fifteen miles away. And the man charged with her murder walked free. COLORADO 1984 | The Jonelle Joy Matthews Case Jonelle Joy Matthews vanished from her family home in Greeley, Colorado on Christmas Eve while home alone for just two hours. No forced entry. No witnesses. No physical evidence. The case went cold — but one name kept surfacing in the file. A man who moved away the year after Jonelle disappeared and spent decades making statements that didn't add up. Thirty-five years later, pipeline workers found skeletal remains in a field fifteen miles from her home. DNA confirmed it was Jonelle. Steve Pankey was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping. Then a jury acquitted him on every count. No one has ever been convicted of Jonelle Matthews' murder. 🔔 Subscribe for new cold case documentaries every week. 👍 Like if this case deserves justice. CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:21 Who Was Jonelle Matthews? 00:02:06 Christmas Eve 1984 00:03:41 The Search Begins 00:07:01 A Father Who Never Stopped 00:08:29 The Man Who Couldn't Stay Quiet 00:10:13 Found — 35 Years Later 00:11:57 The Arrest 00:12:09 The Trial 00:13:20 The Verdict 00:14:58 The Aftermath #ColdCase #TrueCrime #JonelleMatthews #Colorado #Unsolved #TrueCrimeDocumentary #ColdVerdict