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The Dry Tote on the Lock Gate: Why Janet's Bag Didn't Get Wet

The Dry Tote on the Lock Gate: Why Janet's Bag Didn't Get Wet

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The Dry Tote on the Lock Gate: Why Janet's Bag Didn't Get Wet

The dry cream canvas tote sat upright on the lock gate while the grass around it was soaked - inside: $62 cash, apartment keys, and a planner open to the week of May 5. How did the bag remain untouched by dew while Janet Russo’s body turned up 400 yards downstream less than three hours later?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning the tote was found to the details that sat hidden in police files for nineteen years, asking how a single overlooked witness report and a small-claims record ultimately pointed investigators to the answer.

Person: Janet Russo
Age: 26
Location: Briar Canal towpath, Caldwell Falls, South Carolina
Date: May 8-9, 2003
Event: Bag found at lock gate; body found 400 yards south in shallow water

- The tote contained sixty-two dollars in cash, a half-used bottle of hand lotion, apartment keys, and a spiral planner.
- The planner was open to the week of May 5 when found on the stone capstone of the lock gate.
- Janet Russo’s body was found two hours and fifty-seven minutes after the tote was discovered.
- A retired machinist, Frank Wills, reported seeing Janet that night and described the man and his shirt in a supplemental report filed six days after her body was found.
- The case remained unresolved for nineteen years until an anonymous tip, a public records request, and a maintenance complaint log helped place the right man in custody.

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