Cold Homicide Case Studies
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Mark Truman was a Reed City high school senior in 1983. He was in the Gambles store when Janette was discovered, and he tells what he remembers about that day, as well as discusses Dale, who he was friends with at the time.
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This is a shorter than usual episode that strictly goes over a very strange tip I received while researching this case.
Because I am not sure if this is or is not related to the murder, I did not want to add this information to a regular episode, so I did it as a stand-alone.
I am hoping to get more locals who might have seen it to come forward.
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Janette’s mother, Marion Fisher, and her role in the community as city clerk are discussed, as well as what was going on in the community within the timeline of the murder.
MUSIC CREDITS:
Blue Dot Sessions – Stillness; Free Music Archive
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Topics in this episode:
– Confusion about the composite sketch is discussed, as well as conspiracy ideas around this case.
– Also, an interesting story I was told by the son of a first responding officer.
– Trixie Shepard was a psychic that was involved in this case, and visited the scene. I will tell you about my interviews with her, and you’ll hear a bit of our conversation.
MUSIC CREDITS:
Joni Void – To Alter Realities – Free Music Archive
Spin Day – Who – Free Music Archive
Send for the Horses – Kevin Macleod; Incompetech
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People treated by Michigan State Police as suspects and persons of interest, according to the report, are covered in this episode.
MUSIC CREDITS:
Ben McElroy – Raggedy Bob, Pt. 3; Free Music Archive
Blue Dot Sessions – Stillness; Free Music Archive
Joni Void – To Alter Realities – Free Music Archive
Ben McElroy – Pale Rider; Free Music Archive
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This episode goes over what went on in the Buckboard Bar – next door to Gambles – just after Janette was discovered, as well as what occurred in the bar a month before the murder, involving a city police officer.
I also talk more with Ray Haight, the dispatcher, about how the scene was handled, and law enforcement tensions during that timeframe.
If you’d like to see documents related to the case, and get in on the discussion, request an invite to the Down & Away closed discussion group.
Blue Dot Sessions – Closing Shop; Free Music Archive
Ross Oldenburg – Five-O (Improvisation for Police Scanners) – Free Music Archive
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| “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.” Ray v Turner, supra, p 304, fn 10 (Wright, J., concurring) |
In this episode is an interview with one of the EMTs who responded to Gambles that day, as well as my city council appearance to get previously unreleased police reports from Reed City Police department.
Next week, Episode 4 – Buckboard Bar Assault, Prop B, & Tensions in Law Enforcement, will build upon what you learn in this episode so that you have a basic understanding of the related issues before we get to the suspects and persons of interest in the following episode. All of this backstory is important to your understanding of Janette’s case, and why it may be where it is today, which is what my podcast specifically focuses on –understanding why each individual case goes cold.
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In this episode we go through a timeline of customers who were in the store that day and hear from the dispatcher.
MUSIC CREDITS:
Blue Dot Sessions – Closing Shop; Free Music Archive
Unseen horrors – Kevin Macleod; Incompetech