January 4, 2022
[quote]There aren't many updates on Katie Janness' murder investigation, but it's still "very active." Investigators are still assessing biological, physical and electronic evidence.
[quote]On Tuesday at Atlanta Police Headquarters, Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said there aren't many updates on Katie Janness' murder investigation, but it's still "very active."
[quote]Hampton Jr. said they are receiving leads on a weekly basis and meeting regularly with the FBI.
[quote]"We are getting close in, my opinion," Hampton Jr. said.
[quote]Homicide Commander Ralph Woolfolk said investigators are still assessing biological, physical and electronic evidence.
[quote]"We do believe this investigation is moving in the right direction," Woolfolk said.
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[quote]Authorities are examining the dog that belonged to the woman stabbed to death in Piedmont Park.
[quote]A retired investigator said some valuable evidence could have been gathered from Bowie's corpse.
[quote]APD ordered an examination looking for potential DNA that may have ended up on, or in the mouth of Bowie.
[quote]So far, police have not released information on the necropsy.
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[quote]Investigators will have to rely on a possible profile and good old-fashion police work in solving the murder of Katie Janness who was found dead in Piedmont Park at the end of July 2021.
[quote]Velazquez said right now there doesn't seem to be an intimate connection between Janness and the killer.
[quote]"The other element that a lot of people don't understand...people with mental illness. We've had cases like this. In their mind, whatever voices their hearing or whatever demons, they're fighting, it's transferred into that object. It could be that person and there really isn't an intimate connection," Velazquez said.
[quote]He said any small lead can be the thing to break this case and anyone who may have witnessed something that night out of place, out of the ordinary, no matter how big or small, should come forward. It might be the difference between letting a potentially violent predator go free and justice for Janness, not to mention the peace of mind for an entire city.
