Murderer’s Ex-Wife Breaks Cold Case Open After 35 Years in New Doc

Oxygen’s
latest
true
crime
special
is
exploring
a
murder
case
that
took
over
three
decades
to
solve.

In
1984,
12-year-old

Jonelle
Matthews

disappeared
from
her
Greeley,
Colo.
home,
and
not
even
a
nationwide
missing
child
milk
carton
campaign—one
of
the
first
in
U.S.
history—proved
successful
in
helping
find
her.

“After
20
years,
I
just
felt
like
there
was
nothing
I
could
do,”

Angela
Hicks
,
who
was
married
to
Jonelle’s
murderer
at
the
time
of
her
disappearance,
admits
in
E!
News’
exclusive
sneak
peek
at

The
Girl
on
the
Milk
Carton.
“I
tried
to
do
something
and
that
didn’t
work.
It
was
a
lot
of
waiting
and
a
lot
of
years.”

Angela
had
previously
suspected
her
ex-husband,
true-crime
enthusiast
and
former
Idaho
gubernatorial
candidate

Steve
Pankely
,
was
somehow
involved
in
her
disappearance.
But
Angela’s
efforts
to
bring
justice
were
unsuccessful—until
35
years
later
when
Jonelle’s
remains
were
discovered
in
2019
just
20
miles
from
her
home.

That’s
when
Angela
got
a
call
from

Robert
Cash
,
who
reopened
the
tragic
cold
case.

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