A Facebook post and a Craigslist ad worked together to solve the 34-year-old cold case murder of a teenage girl from Michigan who was found stabbed nine times in the woods in rural Louisiana. Carol Cole was 17 years old when she disappeared without a trace after running away from a juvenile detention center in Texas in October 1980. In January 1981, police in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, found a teenage girl stabbed nine times in the back and chest stashed under a pile of leaves in the woods out of a dirt road outside Shreveport. For 34 years, Carol's family searched in vain for the troubled teen. At the same time, detectives from Bossier Parish never stopped trying to identity the body they found mutilated in the woods. Coming together: The picture at left is the image used by Carol Cole's family on Craigslist posts across Texas and Louisiana. The image at right is a rendering of 'Bossier Doe' created for a Facebook page posted by detectives in an attempt to identify a body found in January 1981 . Carol Cole escaped from a Texas juvenile jail in October 1980 after moving from Michigan with her mother. Her remains have been found and identified after 34 years . Relieved: Carol Cole's sister, Jeanie Phelps of Kalamazoo, Michigan, (center) with Bossier Sheriff's Lt. Shannon Mack and Sgt. Dave Faulk . Now, social media has brought Carol's family and Louisiana detectives together. In February, DNA confirmed that the body in Louisiana matched missing Carol's DNA, the Detroit News reports. New attention to the case has brought forward a potential suspect, as well. John Chesson, who is already in prison for an unrelated murder, is named as a person of interest in Carol's brutal death . Carol's sister Jeanie Phelps and her friend posted Craigslist ads across Texas and Louisiana with pictures of the teen, hoping someone might recognize her. At the same time, Bossier Parish Lieutenant Shannon Mack crated a Facebook post for 'Bossier Doe' (Facebook doesn't allow Jane Doe page names). It included a digitally-rendered drawing of the victim based on her skeletal remains. Carol's family aznd Bossier detectives made a connection six days later when Bossier Parish 911 dispatcher Linda Erickson was trolling through Craigslist. Long road: Cole, from Michigan, was eventually found dead in Louisiana. She was last heard from in December 1980 and found dad a month later . These are the shoes that Carol was wearing when she was found dead. Police posted pictures of them in the hopes of jogging the memory of anyone who may have known her . Person of interest: John Chesson has been identified as a possible suspect by his own daughter. He's currently in prison for an unrelated murder . She had seen the Facebook page posted by detectives in her department. When she stumbled across Ms Phelps' Craigslist page, she realized that the rendering of Bossier Doe and picture of Carol looked remarkably similar. 'I can't explain it other than this child was meant to have an identity,' Ms Erikson tells the News. Perhaps even more remarkable, authorities in Bossier and Carol's family had crossed each other's paths some 30 years ago in a failed attempt to find the teen and identify the body. A coroner in the early 1980s examined the remains to see whether they matched Carol's description - but he said they weren't close enough for further investigation. Ms Phelps, Carol's sister, also considered the Bossier remains in the search for her missing sister - but says she must have glossed over them, WOOD-TV reports. All the new attention has also brought forward a potential suspect in Carol's murder.  Convicted murderer John Chesson's own daughter told the News that media coverage of Carol's case jogged her memories that the teen had been staying at their house in 1980 before she disappeared. Frances LeBlanc says that her father was a violent, abusive man. And he was also the one who claimed to have found Carol's body in the woods and alerted police. Detectives have not filed charges, but say they are investigating whether Chesson murdered the teenager nearly 35 years ago. Carol's remains have been cremated and brought back to Michigan, where her family lives. The family is currently raising money to pay for a full funeral and burial.
Carole Cole, 17, disappeared in October 1970 after running away from a juvenile jail in Texas . Her body was found in January 1981 outside Shreveport, Louisiana - but remained unidentified until this past February . Carol's sister made Craigslist posts across Louisiana and Texas . At the same time, the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Department created a Facebook page for their 'Jane Doe' body . A 911 dispatcher saw the Craigslist post and made the connection . Convicted murderer John Chesson has been fingered as a suspect by his own daughter .