Ada (Casefile Presents)

Ada is a seven-part investigative series from Casefile Presents, from the makers of Casefile, released in full on 26 October 2026. It is a separate story from The Bakersfield Three, published as the second season of the same feed. It examines the death of a woman whose body was found at a vineyard in Arvin, California, on 29 March 2011. She was known as a Jane Doe for more than a decade before the Kern County Sheriff's Office identified her as Ada Beth Kaplan, 64, of Canyon Country, through genetic genealogy with the DNA Doe Project. The sheriff's office classes her death as a homicide, and the case is described as unsolved. The series asks why someone would "seemingly try to erase her identity", and draws on the newspaper columns and personal writings Ada left behind. All seven episodes are available now, about 2 hours 49 minutes in total, with a final episode of about 46 minutes. Content warning: murder and graphic description of a mutilated body.

A seven-part Casefile Presents series about a woman found dead in a California vineyard in 2011 and identified more than a decade later as Ada Beth Kaplan.

Ada (Casefile Presents) is ideal for: Listeners who enjoy following a single case from start to finish.

We recommend starting with Episode 1. As a serialized show, it's best to listen from the beginning of a season.

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