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Marie Blee Pt. One Mar 06, 2025

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November 21, 1979. Craig, Colorado. After spending the evening at a dance, 15-year old Marie Blee heads to a party at a mobile home park, but never returns home. Two days later, Marie’s parents receive an anonymous phone call demanding a $5,000 ransom for her return. The caller is soon revealed to be 18-year old Monty Doolin, who drove Marie to the party, but he denies any involvement in her disappearance. Over the next few decades, investigators would receive contradictory accounts from several eyewitnesses about what might have happened to Marie on the night she went missing. They eventually name three persons of interest, but Marie is never found. This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” chronicles a very frustrating cold case about a missing teenage girl in which the full truth has yet to be uncovered.
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Additional Reading:
http://charleyproject.org/case/marie-ann-blee
http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2009/11/15/high-school-blee-vanishes-from-party-craig/943/
http://extras.denverpost.com/news/news0601b.htm
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/suspect-in-marie-blee-cold-case-arrested-on-suspicion-of-kidnapping-a-different-routt-county-teenager-more-than-30-years-ago/
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/crime-courts/judge-dismisses-class-1-felony-kidnapping-case/

William Bradford Bishop PT. Two Feb 27, 2025

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Join Robin and I as we conclude our series on William Bradford Bishop.
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William Bradford Bishop Pt. One Feb 20, 2025

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Today it's just Robin and myself, as Ashley is busy with mom life and her new job as a Science Teacher. We will be discussing William Bradford Bishop, the murders of his family and the mystery as to whether he ended his own life or if he is on the run in Europe and still evading capture.
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Jennifer Fairgate Pt. Two Feb 13, 2025

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June 3, 1995. Oslo, Norway. The body of a young woman is found inside Room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza hotel and since a pistol is in her hand, she appears to be the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Three days earlier, she had checked into the hotel under the name, “Jennifer Fairgate”, but the name turns out to be fake and since she has no identification in her possession, the woman remains a Jane Doe. All attempts to identify “Jennifer” are unsuccessful, but there a number of strange details to suggest she may have been a spy or an intelligence student. In fact, there is even speculation that she may have been the victim of foul play and her suicide was staged. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the mysterious story of an unidentified decent known as only “Jennifer Fairgate.”
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https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/xRjoWp/mystery-at-the-oslo-plaza https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/1420ufnor.html
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Fairgate https://unsolved.com/gallery/death-in-oslo/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Fairgate https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-oslo-woman-murder-identity-jennifer-leaves-out/
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-vanishing-of-camilla-steinaa-d0be8f814fab

Jennifer Fairgate Pt. One Feb 06, 2025

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Justin Burgwinkel Pt. Two Jan 30, 2025

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June 12, 1993. Santa Clara, California. 21-year old U.S. Army Private Justin Burgwinkel leaves his girlfriend’s apartment and never returns. One week earlier, Justin had gone AWOL from Fort Lewis, the post where he was stationed in Washington state, and kept hinting to his girlfriend that he was working on some sort of secret mission. Three months later, Justin’s abandoned car is found at a motel in Monterey with his military dog tags and most of his personal items inside. While the Army denies that Justin was ever involved in any secret operations, no trace of him is ever found. Did Justin Burgwinkel go missing because he became involved in something sinister? Or did he suffer some sort of mental breakdown and lose his grip on reality? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore the unsolved disappearance of a soldier who has not been seen in three decades.If you have any information about this case, please contact the Clinton Police Department at (978) 365-4111.
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https://unsolved.com/gallery/justin-burgwinkel/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Justin_Burgwinkel
http://charleyproject.org/case/justin-burgwinkel https://www.newspapers.com/image/626359358/

Justin Burgwinkel Pt. One Jan 23, 2025

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Martha Jean Lambert Mystery Case Pt. Two Jan 16, 2025

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November 27, 1985. St. Augustine, Florida. While attending a neighbourhood social gathering, 12-year old Martha Jean Lambert tells her mother that she will be taking a brief trip back to their mobile home, but Martha never returns and is eventually reported missing. Suspicion starts to fall upon on Martha’s 14-year old brother, David Lambert, after he gives conflicting stories about the last time he saw her. Over the course of the next 24 years, David makes two separate confessions about killing Martha and disposing of her body. Investigators find David’s second confession to be believable enough that they decide to close the case, but almost immediately after this news is made public, David recants his story. Was Martha’s brother actually responsible for her disappearance, or did something else happen to her? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” covers a very controversial and divisive missing persons case which has yet to find a conclusive resolution.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Martha_Jean_Lamber
t http://charleyproject.org/case/martha-jean-lambert https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-girl-cold-case-solved-cops/story?id=9465748
https://www.staugustine.com/article/20100102/NEWS/301029981 https://www.staugustine.com/article/20100107/NEWS/301079953
https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20100109/NEWS/801259468 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202205242/
http://staugustine.com/stories/112804/new_2730440.shtml https://crimeblogger1983.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-happened-to-martha-jean-lambert.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinZik2MPtQ

Mystery Case Statement Analysis Pt. One Jan 09, 2025

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Here is the statement and part two the case will be revealed. This is a departure from our usual formula with Robin and I, Ash was busy with Christmas stuff. We hope you enjoy:)
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Okay, um, basically… the truth of the matter is… me and ****** went to the old college and we got in a big argument and fight… and it was over money that she wouldn't give back to me. It was some change of a $20 bill. She hauled off and punched me. I then… not thinking… pushed her. She fell backwards and her head… when she fell backwards, her head impaled on something sharp sticking out of the ground. I then said: “Are you alright?”. I run over to her and she just mimed a little bit and… there was nothing else. I hollered out for help too cause Holmes Boulevard is right there. Nobody came, nobody yelled back or anything. I didn't want to leave her… I freaked out… I didn’t… I said I don’t know what to tell you all. I couldn’t tell you all. I just freaked. Uh, so I… not thinking… I freaked… I tripped… I just didn't know what to do… I buried her. I didn’t know what to do. It was the wrong thing to do, I agree. But I was 14 years old. I wasn’t thinking. I then… I came home after that, but she was dead. Definitely dead before I buried her. That I know because I checked her stomach and all that. Then after that, I sit therefor about 30 minutes… 30 to 45 minutes… just didn’t know what to do. I went home, I got cleaned up. I regret it, I'm sorry it did happen. I regret pushing her. I wish I could go back in time and not have done that. I wish I could turn time, if I could turn time back, I wouldn’t just… you know. It was all over money… and you know what money will do to you when you’re a kid. I don't know… you were a kid… you had a certain amount of money… the money was valuable to you then, you know. But that's the way it was with me when I was a kid. Every dime I got, I depend on. Because most stuff like that I had to work for.

Roger Dean Pt. Two Jan 03, 2025

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November 21, 1985. Littleton, Colorado. A masked gunman enters the home of 51-year old businessman Roger Dean and forces him to tie up and blindfold his wife, D.J.. After an apparent dispute over money, the gunman fatally shoots Roger and flees the scene, but investigators find evidence to suggest that Roger may have hired the intruder himself in a failed attempt at a kidnapping-robbery scheme. Nearly five years later, D.J. receives an anonymous letter from a man claiming to be Roger’s killer, who threatens to murder her daughter unless she pays him $100,000. Even after he instructs D.J. to drop off the money at a specified location, he does not show up and breaks off all contact. Were the extortionist and Roger Dean’s killer actually the same person? If so, what was his motive for the crime? Did Roger have some dark secrets in his background which led to his death? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we examine a very bizarre and complex case of murder and extortion.
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Additional Reading:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/roger-dean/
https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/stories/cold-case-files-who-killed-roger-dean,75259
http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2010/12/05/family-of-murdered-businessman-extorted-years-later/1830/

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