18-year-old Brittany Phillips is last seen on September 27, 2004. Just before 10 p.m., she dropped the friend off at home and then drove to her own apartment on 65th Street. The following day, Tulsa Police find Brittany raped and murdered in her Tulsa apartment. In 2019, DNA led to a possible suspect. That person was cleared.

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, brings Dr. Maggie Zingman, the mother of Brittany Phillips back onto Zone 7. They discuss the latest evidence discovery in Brittany’s case - a letter mailed after Brittany’s tentative death timeline.  This changes the timeline of the case and gives even more reason to reinterview friends and suspects, re analyze all evidence and dna in Brittany’s unsolved murder. 

ANYONE with ANY information about the murder of Brittany Phillips murder or latest evidence contact the Tulsa Police Department Homicide Unit at 918-596-9135

    Show Notes:

• [0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum. Sheryl speaks of new evidence in Brittany’s case
• [0:15] Caravan to Catch the Killer: Dr. Maggie Zingman’s Devotion to her Daughter
• [4:03] Sheryl welcomes Dr. Maggie Zingman, the mother of Brittany to Zone 7 back to Zone 7 to speak on behalf of the new evidence discovered
• [11:00] “If I mailed something for someone, and she was murdered four days later or three days later. I'm sure as hell gonna remember it.”
• [15:14] Sheryl breaks down Brittany’s autopsy report
• [19:57] Reasons the case needs a completely new start
• [20:29] Letter leads to a new timeline in Brittany’s murder 
• [20:48] If you have any information about the letter that is new evidence in Brittanys unsolved case, please contact the Tulsa Police Department Homicide Unit at 918-596-9135
• [25:04] “Do not give up. Leave no stone unturned. Look for signs of loved ones, but don't look hard. They'll show up when you're not expecting it.” -S.L
• [25:34] Next week on Zone 7 Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum will talk with Clay Bryant 
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award-winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

You can connect and learn more about Sheryl’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org

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