When a hiker emerges from the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee claiming he murdered a woman with a hatchet, it seems unfathomable… But when investigators discover the brutal truth, they realize they’re dealing with a dangerous man who has a disturbing past in multiple U.S. states.
Janice Balza (Source) Johnson City Press
Episode Source Material
- Green-Bay Press Gazette: Campus Notes. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Kingsport Times-News: Appalachian Trail Hatchet Murder Confessed By Hiker. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Wisconsin Girl Slain On Appalachian Trail. By staff Via newspapers.com. (1)
- Elizabethton Star: Wisconsin Girl Slain On Appalachian Trail. By staff Via newspapers.com. (2)
- Johnson City Press: Identification of woman listed as Janice Balza. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green-Bay Press Gazette: Green Bay Woman Slain In Tennessee. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Oshkosh Northwestern: Man confesses to murder. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Man charged By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Knoxville News-Sentinel: Hiker charged in hatchet death. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean: Arizona Man Charged With Murdering Hiker. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Sheboygan Press: Green Bay Woman, 22, Slain on Hiking Trip. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: In A Story. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green-Bay Press Gazette: Murder Victim Services Held. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green-Bay Press Gazette: Miss Janice Balza. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Hearing Set Friday For Paul Bigley. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green-Bay Press Gazette: Tennessee Murder Suspect Charged. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Appalachian Trail Murder Suspect Bound To Grand Jury. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Bigley bound to Carter County Grand Jury on murder charge. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Arizona man indicted for murder. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Hatchet murder suspect to be given mental exams. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com.
- Green Bay Press-Gazette: Mental Exam Likely In Balza Murder. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green Bay Press-Gazette: Man To Be Tried In Balza Murder. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Green Bay Press-Gazette: Murder Case Trial Slated. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Appalachian Trail Slayer Receives 20-year Sentence. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Stevens Point Journal: Sentenced for killing woman.
- Johnson City Press: Arizona man pleads guilty to Appalachian Trail murder. By Kay Wilkins Via newspapers.com. (1)
- Johnson City Press: Arizona man pleads guilty to Appalachian Trail murder. By Kay Wilkins Via newspapers.com. (2)
- Green Bay Press-Gazette: Guilty Plea In Slaying Of City Girl. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Murder on Iron Mountain. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com. (1)
- Johnson City Press: Murder on Iron Mountain. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com. (2)
- Johnson City Press: Murder on Iron Mountain. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com. (3)
- Johnson City Press: Convicted hatchet murderer dies of broken blood vessel. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Violence gives ominous tone to Appalachian Trail. By Joe Ledford Via newspapers.com.
- Strange Outdoors: True Crime in the Great Outdoors. By unknown.