Thumb in a Ziplock: The Dog That Walked Three Miles to Tell on Murderer
Published: July 15, 2026
Duration: 19:44
Thumb in a Ziplock: The Dog That Walked Three Miles to Tell on Murderer
A bleeding dog arrived on Interstate 74 at about 2:00 AM carrying a human thumb sealed in a ziplock bag - the thumb belonged to 52-year-old George Rafferty, who had been missing less than a day and whose body would be found two days later; how did a dog end up three miles from where Rafferty was killed, and what had it walked away from? The case includes a storage unit rented under the killer’s name, $557 of $600 withdrawn from an ATM never recovered, and repeated la...
A bleeding dog arrived on Interstate 74 at about 2:00 AM carrying a human thumb sealed in a ziplock bag - the thumb belonged to 52-year-old George Rafferty, who had been missing less than a day and whose body would be found two days later; how did a dog end up three miles from where Rafferty was killed, and what had it walked away from? The case includes a storage unit rented under the killer’s name, $557 of $600 withdrawn from an ATM never recovered, and repeated la...