On February 25, 1975, Marcia Trimble would leave her family home in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. She would tell her mother she was going across the street to drop off Girl Scout cookies at a neighbor’s house. The 9-year-old was carrying a cardboard box full of cookies and an envelope containing approximately 20 bucks she collected selling cookies. Investigators would later say she had a $5 bill and quarter wrappers with pennies inside.

The Girl Scout would never make the delivery and never return home. Investigators would work quickly in hopes of finding Marcia and a suspect. It would not take long for authorities to begin pointing the blame at 15-year-old Jeffrey Womack who lived in the area. A neighbor, Peggy Morgan, would say that Jeffrey came to her house on the day of the disappearance and he was sweaty. Authorities asked Jeffrey to empty his pockets.

When he did, they found a condom, coin wrapper, and a $5 bill. He was asked to take off his shoes. They would find the words “F&^% You” written on those shoes. This combination cemented Jeffrey’s status as the primary suspect in the murder of Marcia Trimble. For many years, the media and law enforcement would work simultaneously to obtain incriminating information on Jeffrey. Local authorities would never obtain enough evidence to try and convict Jeffrey Womack.

It would take 33 days for Marcia’s body to be discovered. It took 33 years for DNA testing to reveal the identity of the cold blooded killer. However, there is a real possibility that the murderer could’ve been apprehended much sooner leading to criticism for investigators. Jerome Barrett would be connected to multiple crimes in Nashville. Thanks to new DNA testing technology, Nashville Metro’s Cold Case Unit was able to convict Barrett in the murders of Sarah Des Prez and Marcia Trimble.

While there was only one murder, that murder would destroy two young lives and countless others. It was a crime that would change Nashville forever. Enjoy the video.