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Oct 2023
40m 53s

Davina Buff Jones // 351

Dark West Productions
About this episode

In October of 1999, a police officer reported near a lighthouse on a North Carolina island, when she was killed after arrival. With her fellow officers botching the crime scene, years of speculation followed about the circumstances regarding her death. Was it a murder? An accident? A suicide? To her loved ones, the conclusion was clear. This is the story of Davina Buff Jones.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Davina's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26388583/davina-elaine-jones

2. Charlotte Magazine: https://www.charlottemagazine.com/shadows-by-the-sea/

3. Asheville Citizen-Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/198711857/?terms=davina%20buff%20jones&match=1

4. The Herald-Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/794046853/?terms=davina%20buff%20jones&match=1

5. Still A Mystery: https://www.amazon.com/North-Carolina-Unsolved/dp/B09NV5GDRN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CTIVXGAMLORD&keywords=still+a+mystery+davina+jones&qid=1696367772&sprefix=still+amaystery+davina+jone%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1

6. Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2012/06/25/analysis-of-13-year-mysterious-death-of-cape-fear-police-woman/?sh=7083fc336ebd

7. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/buff-v-nc-law-enforcement-offices

8. Star News Online: https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2003/10/25/officers-death-still-leaves-questions/30528827007/

9. Harriet's Obituary: https://coastalcremationsnc.com/obituaries/harriet-emily-buff/

10. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1ofb16/murder_of_officer_davina_buff_jones/

11. ABC11: https://abc11.com/archive/8661279/

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