Jodine Serrin - 14th February 2007. It was a brutal case of rape and murder of a young woman with her own vulnerabilities. What made the case even stranger is that Jodine’s parents had been there and walked in at the time of the attack, unbeknownst to them that their daughter was dead. The case went unsolved for a decad e but we now know who the killer is thanks to DNA advances and the detective’s efforts — but we still don’t know why and we’ll never know how. The mystery ceases to be a whodunit but mysteries remain and some answers will never be obtained by the living. Jodine was a vulnerable woman with disabilities with some reports stating schizophrenia and learning difficulties — however, she was also self-sufficient and independent enough and had her own apartment, and her own active life, including a busy social life. Jodine was 39 years of age in 2007 when she died. She lived in the American town of Carlsbad California. And despite her troubles, she was a credit to her parents
