1966 drowning victim in Texas is identified as Kansas woman
By the Associated Press:
Police in west Texas say a woman who drowned in a pool there in 1966 has been identified as a Salina, Kansas, native.
Police in Pecos, Texas, announced Tuesday that the drowning victim was 17-year-old Jolaine Hemmy. She drowned on July 5, 1966, at the Ropers Motel in Pecos, where she was staying with a man.
Police said the man, who has not been identified, was in the couple’s motel room when Hemmy died. He left with their belongings as emergency responders were trying to revive her.
Police reopened the cold case last year and exhumed the body. Pecos police say Hemmy’s death remains under investigation.
Woman who drowned in Texas in 1966 identified as Kansan
January 19, 2021 GMT
PECOS, Texas. (AP) Police in western Texas have identified a girl who drowned in a hotel pool in 1966 as a 17-year-old native of Kansas.
Jolaine Hemmy, of Salina, Kansas, drowned on July 5, 1966 at the Ropers Motel in Pecos, police said Tuesday.
She was staying with a man at the hotel when her body was found. The man, who police did not identify, was in the couple’s room when she drowned but left while emergency responders were trying to revive her, Pecos police said.
Police reopened the cold case last year and her body was exhumed in August 2019, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Pecos is about 400 miles west of Fort Worth.