Cold Case: Mary Evans

Police search for a killer tonight ... a killer that has gotten away with murder for more than 16...  More »

Police search for a killer tonight ... a killer that has gotten away with murder for more than 16 years. on december 27th 1995 .. mary louise evans was found shot to death in alton park. according to police, the last person to see her alive was her son-in-law. wdef news 12's alisha searl has the chilling details in tonight's cold case report. slumped against a tree with only a jacket hiding two gunshot wounds to the head i said to myself that ain't what i see i don't think. but it was .. more than 16 years ago .. neighbors say 44-year-old mary louise evans was tossed out like a piece of trash. cold case open in december of 1995 .. this wooded area near bedford avenue was a popular dumpsite. so, when this woman, saw a pair of shoes on the top of the hill .. she didn't think twice .. well, that was until she found a bloody newspaper close by .i backed up and i went again .. and that's when she found this mother of three dead .. just two days after christmas.later on that day they found there was a missing person's report listed on this person. family members made that report when she didn't come home that night. they say paul leon hayden .. her son-in-law .. was the last person to see her alive. i think she may have been trying to help him out to any extent she could. police say hayden had called evans to ask for a ride while he was home from a knoxville community correctional facility. he was granted a temporary release .. while serving a couple years on a robbery charge. so, on december 26th police say evans met him at this gas station .. 14 hours later .. she was in a body bag. there was blood located inside the car. it would lead me to believe that's where she was killed. evans' abandoned car was found miles from her body .. here on north hickory street. according to him, he did see her, saw her briefly, and then went on his way. headlines quickly surfaced .. and no shortage of them either. especially after police found out this .. before hayden met up with his mother- in-law .. he met up with her daughter .. his estranged wife .. and threatened her with a gun. he later plead guilty to misdemeanor assault. but the news reports quickly stopped, when several pieces of evidence turned up nothing . years .. over time people tend to talk, and it may be that time where people say, hey, i need to come forward and talk about this, get this off my chest. now, residents are still left wondering could the killer be this man .. a man who has been wanted since 2002 on an aggravated robbery charge .. or who? police say evans could have met someone after she met up with hayden .. afterall, they say, it is an area known for robberies and car jackings. in hamilton county, alisha searl wdef news 12. police tell us they're in the process of trying to re-test pieces of evidence found at the scene. if you have any information on this murder .. call chattanooga police.  « Less