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'But, I saw Barb Cotton!' Listen to Dakota Spotlight Season 5 update — Episode 21
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In the spring of 1981, Jeri Martinez-Kueffler was about to finish the 7th grade when she had an unforgettable experience.
It's something she's been talking about for 41 years. While volunteering at the hospital in Williston, North Dakota, she caught site of Barbara Louise Cotton, the 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing.
"And she turned and looked at me and I kind of did that double take like, 'That's Barb Cotton — that's that missing girl,'" Martinez-Kueffler told Dakota Spotlight, an investigative true crime podcast from Forum Communications.
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The sighting is the subject of the latest update of Dakota Spotlight's fifth season: A Better Search for Barbara Cotton. Cotton vanished from Williston in 1981 and has been missing ever since.
Watch a video version of the podcast update below.
In this episode of season 5 of Dakota Spotlight, Martinez-Kueffler shares the gripping story of her sighting and the subsequent frustration and anger she experienced when she attempted to share the information with local law enforcement.
"I was dismissed and told to basically go home and not tell anybody," Martinez-Kueffler says.
To listen to the latest update on the Barbara Cotton case, subscribe to Dakota Spotlight podcast on any podcast app. Dakota Spotlight recently completed Season 6: Vanishing Act — The Untold Story of Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson
