Katharina Buczek
Strangely, though, investigators then received another call about two weeks later from a woman, Martha Woodworth, who claimed to be a psychic. Moreover, Martha said she had been contacted repeatedly about Tracey’s murder by a young man who called himself Sean.
Sean was reportedly obsessed with locating Tracey’s murderer, and when Martha asked the young man for more information on the case, he mailed her annotated news clippings.
“When I received the envelope with his handwriting on the outside, I thought this person had a much stronger involvement than just being a friend who was interested. I found the handwriting extremely disturbing,” Martha explained.
In turn, she contacted the police. And after authorities heard from Martha, they decided to play her the confession recording to see if she recognized the voice.
“I knew it was Sean. In fact, my heart dropped. It was very chilling to hear the voice of the person I had been speaking to for months actually confessing to the crime,” Martha said.
Then, once authorities traced the return address on Sean’s envelope, they realized that the news clippings had come from the same town as the confession call.
However, the young man living at the return address was not named Don or Sean. And, without any other evidence, authorities were forced to try one more strategy.
Police officers asked a local radio station to broadcast the confession tape to the town of Walkersville, Maryland. Then, the public was asked if they recognized the voice and, if so, to contact authorities.
Immediately, three community members phoned the police claiming they knew the voice. All three also provided the same name– which happened to be the young man who forwarded the news clippings to Martha.
So, investigators launched a search at the man’s house the following day. Tragically, though, they did not turn up enough evidence, and the lead went cold.
“Unfortunately, the evidence was examined and re-examined, and we were unable to confirm that he was either at the crime scene that night or had any particular part in this criminal act,” Homer said.
