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Key Largo murders solved

True crime · Heat 3.3 / 10 · 2 shows · 10m airtime

On September 2, 2026, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office named David Allen Snyder as the suspect in the 1973 killings of Marguerite "Maggie" Jenkins, 18, and Mary Jenkins, 16, found beaten and shot near mile marker 99.5 in Key Largo. Snyder, who lived in Key West from 1972 to 1974, died in Idaho in 2008. The case broke open in 2018 with a partial DNA profile and was traced through Othram in 2023. Coverage has settled on the identification itself, with no arrest possible and no dispute over the suspect's identity.

How 2 podcasts covered it

  1. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-10 (4:28 to 6:03)
    Traces the 1973 case to a named suspect
    A crime alert segment on the 1973 Key Largo double murder: FDLE and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office named David Allen Snyder as the suspect on September 2, 2026, tracing the case through a 2018 DNA profile and Othram's 2023 genetic work.
    New angle: FDLE and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office identified David Allen Snyder as the suspect on September 2, 2026.
  2. Crime Weekly, 2026-10-28 (2:09 to 3:21)
    Recounts the discovery of the bodies
    Recounts the May 3, 1973 discovery: the dog walker, the bodies under sticks and leaves about 100 yards off U.S. 1, the sisters' New Jersey trip and the hitchhiking sighting the day before. It stays inside the facts already on the record.
  3. Crime Weekly, 2026-10-28 (3:23 to 4:40)
    Sketches the sisters through Dwayne's interview
    Draws on the WSVN interview with Sarah's husband Dwayne Barlow to sketch the sisters as ordinary teenagers, and adds his belief that his own hitchhiking story inspired their trip. Color and family detail, not a development in the case.
  4. Crime Weekly, 2026-10-28 (10:08 to 12:26)
    Recaps the 1973 bus trip and sighting
    Retells the sisters' April 1973 bus trip to Key West, the money running out, and the May 2 sighting on Stock Island near mile marker five, with a detour on Western Union and hitchhiking norms. Stays inside the established timeline.
  5. Crime Weekly, 2026-10-28 (15:05 to 16:52)
    Walks the geography of the sisters' last hours
    Walks the geography of the sisters' last hours - roughly 95 miles from Stock Island to mile marker 99.5 - and recaps the scene: both beaten and shot, one stripped, the bodies covered with sticks and leaves. It stays inside the facts already on the record.
  6. Crime Weekly, 2026-10-28 (16:55 to 18:50)
    Retells the family's search for answers
    Retells the family's own search: Sarah, 19, went to Florida with her mother and Dwayne, stayed about a month, was told by authorities to go home, and left without answers. Adds the 2007 resubmission of evidence and Dwayne's weekly calls, but stays inside the family backstory already on the record.
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