Annie Doe (Episode)

"Annie Doe" was the third episode of Season One of True Cold Case Files. The episode was uploaded to YouTube on January 26th, 2019. This episode is notable for the fact that a few months after its release, Annie Doe was identified as Annie Lehman of Aberdeen, Washington. It was also notable for including clips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's feature on Annie Doe.

Synopsis
This episode uniquely opens by playing the NCMEC special bulletin on Annie Doe's case before going into detail about the case.

On August 28th, 1971, an Air Force captain and his son go hiking through the woods in Southern Oregon when they discover the skeletal remains of a female. Her remains were recovered by the Josephine County Sheriffs Office. While in the recovery process, law enforcement officials were able to collect items that may offer clues to this woman's identification. The item that stands out among them all? A mother-of-pearl ring that is etched with the letters "AL" on it.

Jason takes viewers on a journey through the Annie Doe case, and uses clips throughout the program from NCMEC to help tell her story.

After The Episode
Shortly after the episode was released, it was announced that the DNA Doe Project were taking on Annie's case. Her case was fully funded. Sometime after her case was upgraded to "Research in Progress" status, a newspaper in Aberdeen, Washington called The Daily World released an article about a missing woman named Annie Lehman and that she may indeed be Annie Doe. The article included statements by Ken Selig, a retired Josephine County Sheriffs detective who had volunteered with the sheriffs office to investigate cold cases, including Annie's. He was also one of the original detectives assigned to her case.

On March 15th, 2019 Annie Doe was officially identified as Annie Lehman, and her mysterious death is now under investigation. When the podcast version of this episode was released, it included an updated introduction that included the resolution of Annie's identity.

Reception
The reception for Annie Doe was met with great reviews. It became one of TCCF 's fastest videos to reach over one thousand views. When Annie was identified, the views surpassed to nearly five thousand and counting. By the time the episode was replaced with the podcast version, the video had over ten thousand views.