The Patron That No One Wanted to See

The Pattern No One Wanted to See

Two months before disappearing, Reese Pocan told a friend the name of the man who was going to kill her. That prediction came true, and the name remained hidden in a file for thirty-five years. How is it possible that such a clear pattern of violence remained invisible for decades?

In this episode, we analyze the cases of Ray Tortolat and Julia Baez, two of at least twelve dismemberment victims in Wisconsin between 1982 and 2021. We explore the systemic negligence that prevented the cases from being connected, even when the victims were cousins and the deaths shared an identical modus operandi. What do these stories reveal about the "geometry of negligence" that allowed a killer to operate with impunity?

Case: Ray Tortolat
Location: Menominee Reservation, Wisconsin
Date Found: Spring 1987
Status: Unsolved
Relation: Cousin of Reese Pocan

Case: Julia Baez
Location: Jackson County, Wisconsin
Date Found: October 1990
Status: Unsolved
Family: Four children, one daughter (Marisol)

- The body of Reese Pocan was found dismembered in two counties in Wisconsin in the summer of 1989.
- Ray Tortolat was a Menominee woman whose dismembered body was found on the Menominee Reservation in 1987; her head was never found.
- Julia Baez was identified a decade after her dismembered remains were found in 1990; her head was also missing.
- Eleven women and one man were victims of dismemberment in Wisconsin between 1982 and 2021.
- The first meeting of investigators to compare notes on these cases occurred in October 2024, thirty-five years after the death of Reese Pocan.

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