The season premiere of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered, titled ‘The Jacket,’ airs on Oxygen on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 8:00 PM. The episode examines the disappearance and tragic death of 18-year-old Anjelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell, a freshman at Longwood University, during her spring break in 2015.
On March 2, 2015, Anjelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell vanished, and her body was discovered weeks later on April 9 in a shallow grave behind an abandoned home in Southampton County, near the North Carolina state line. The investigation soon focused on AJ’s stepfather, Wesley Hadsell, who became a key person of interest. Inside his 2004 Chevy Astro van, police found a shovel, duct tape, gloves, and a GPS unit. The GPS device provided a crucial lead, directing investigators to the site where AJ’s body lay.
Wesley Hadsell was officially charged with AJ’s murder in November 2018, over three years after her death. The charges included first-degree murder, second-degree felony murder, and felony concealment of a dead body.
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered ‘The Jacket’ premieres on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 8:00 PM on Oxygen.