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Podcast: Gone Cold - Texas True Crime
Episode: The Slayings of Janine Johnson & Stephen Taylor in Ferris, Texas
Description: 29-year-old Janine Johnson and 39-year-old Stephen Taylor had a good thing going. Their romance had blossomed into a full-blown commitment and Stephen had developed an extremely close friendship and bond with Janineβs 11-year-old son. They lived a quiet and relatively unassuming life in the city of Ferris, Texas β a place that was also quiet, unassuming, and safe. But in March of 2009, Stephen and Janine were slain in one of the most brutal and methodical crimes Ferris had ever seen. The murder scene, in fact, suggested that whoever killed the couple had done it before. The police were stumped and left...