The Barn Watch: 17 Years, One Key, A Ruled Accident Reopened

The Barn Watch: 17 Years, One Key, A Ruled Accident Reopened

A perfectly preserved Seiko watch, hands stopped at 10:02, is found in the dirt of a barn that had been locked and vacant for 17 years - and it is registered to a woman from a neighboring county who reported it stolen in 1993. How did a stolen watch from Garvin Township end up on a Pennock County property sealed since 1994, and what question in a 1994 file finally needs answering?

In this episode, we walk through the chain of events tied to a single object and the old accidental-death ruling it unsettled. We cover the discovery, the tied reports from two counties, and the one overlooked sentence about a lent key that sat dormant for nearly two decades - could that key be the missing link?

Person: Holly Anne Taylor Date: June 9, 1994 Location: Sentinel Creek Road farmhouse Status: Death ruled accidental Item: Seiko watch found June 14, 2011

- The watch was found in the dirt near a water trough in a barn on Sentinel Creek Road on June 14, 2011. - The barn property had been locked and vacant since 1994, the year Holly Taylor died. - The watch face was oval with a brown leather strap, crystal unscratched, hands stopped at 10:02. - The Seiko watch was registered to Patricia Owens of Garvin Township and was reported stolen in October 1993. - Neighbor Linda Marsh noted in her 1994 statement that Holly had lent a key to a contractor earlier that spring.

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