The Murder of Doris McDonough

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You’re listening to. River City

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Mystery podcast, the show that

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delves into the Evansville and

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disappearances.

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With your host, co-founder of

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the Humans of Evansville

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Facebook page.

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Law office worker by day.

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Insomniac researcher of the
unknown by night.

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Matt Deig.

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Welcome to episode seven and
thank you for joining me.

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We’re going to be looking into a
cold case from October three,

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nineteen sixty eight.

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Thirty six year old housewife
and mother of two, Doris

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McDonough, was brutally murdered
in her own kitchen in the middle

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of the day.

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No one was ever charged with her
murder, and the case remains

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unsolved to this day.

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October three, nineteen sixty
eight.

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Started like any typical
Thursday for the McDaniel family

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of Evansville, Indiana.

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The family, consisting of Doris
McDaniel, thirty six, her

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husband William, thirty five,
and the couple’s two sons,

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eleven year old Billy and ten
year old Bobby, arose that

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morning around four thirty a m,
five days a week.

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Both Billy and Bobby delivered
newspapers to the surrounding

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neighborhood on their bicycles
and always accompanied by their

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father, William, the boys
delivered newspapers to more

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than one hundred homes in the
area on Sundays and Thursdays.

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However, when the newspapers

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were a bit heavier, both William

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and Doris would drive the boys

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in the family car that morning,

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however, after driving only a

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few blocks, the family’s

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nineteen sixty three Mercury

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began to experience carburetor

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trouble, forcing them to return

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home.

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While Doris stayed behind to

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prepare a snack for the boys,

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William chaperone them on their

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bicycles while they continued

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their route.

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William, Billy and Bobby
returned to the family’s home,

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located at thirteen eighteen
South East Riverside Drive,

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around six thirty a m after
having some milk and cookies,

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the two boys and Doris went back
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and read the morning newspaper.

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The three awoke around seven a m

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and the family had breakfast

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together.

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Approximately one hour later, at
eight a m, William left to drop

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the boys off at school before
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At one p m, William placed
several phone calls home.

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However, Doris did not answer.

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Initially, William thought his

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wife had simply walked next door

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to a friend’s house or went to

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visit her father, who was ill in

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the hospital.

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However, after phoning both and
learning neither had seen her,

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William asked the neighbor,
Jeanne Akers, if she could go

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check on Doris.

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At one ten p m, Jeanne reported

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back that even after knocking

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loudly several times, Doris did

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not respond.

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William asked Gene to go over to
the house once more, instructing

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her to use the unlocked back
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Just moments later, a hysterical
gene called William to inform

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him that Doris was dead.

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William rushed home, arriving
there around one thirty p m, he

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was met with firefighters and
paramedics, who informed him

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that it appeared as though Doris
had may have shot herself.

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William was kept outside in an

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attempt to shield him from the

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grisly scene inside the couple’s

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home.

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Doris was found on the kitchen
floor of the McDonough home,

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still dressed in her pajamas.

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She had suffered such severe

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trauma to the head, face, neck

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and back that investigators

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initially believed her injuries

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must have been the result of a

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gunshot.

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However, they soon came to the
quick realization that Doris had

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been beaten to death.

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The autopsy found that Doris had
been hit six to eight times with

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a heavy, blunt object causing a
severe skull fracture.

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Scratch marks, believed to have

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been defensive wounds were found

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on Doris wrists, indicating a

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possible struggle with her

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attacker.

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It was determined she had not
been sexually assaulted.

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Bizarrely, two towels were found
folded and wrapped around the

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wounds on Doris head, leading
investigators to theorize that

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her killer may have felt
remorseful and attempted to

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render aid to the dying woman.

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Police found no evidence of a
break in, and theorized the

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killer may have used the
unlocked back door to gain

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entrance to the home.

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While the house itself had been
untouched and nothing of value

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had been taken, it was later
learned a claw hammer, usually

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kept on one of two locations was
missing from the home.

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Police immediately questioned

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William about his movements that

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day.

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According to him, after dropping

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the boys off at school, he had

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driven downtown and parked in a

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metered zone at eight thirty a m

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He then walked to a nearby auto

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garage to inquire about an

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appointment to have the car

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repaired at eight forty a m.

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William clocked into his job at

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the Commonwealth Life Insurance

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Company.

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He spent fifteen minutes in the
office before leaving for an

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appointment with a client.

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William explained that on his

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way to the appointment, he

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noticed that his son had left a

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borrowed clarinet in the back

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seat.

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Not wanting the instrument to be
damaged, he decided to drop it

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off at home.

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William claimed he was home for
approximately ten minutes.

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According to him, he and his
wife discussed her plans to make

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ice cream cake for their
youngest son’s birthday, which

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was that day.

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On his way out, she asked him to
take out a bag of trash and as

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he exited, William asked his
wife if she wanted him to close

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and lock the back door.

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She declined, explaining the
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through the screen door was nice
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Just a few minutes later,
William arrived at huddle House

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cafe to meet his client.

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The pair had coffee and chatted
a while before William left.

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At nine forty five a m, William
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to visit with Doris sick father.

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He left around ten forty a m
after briefly chatting with

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Doris cousin, a medical records
librarian at the hospital,

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William then stopped by the home
of another client before driving

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back to his work.

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Arriving at approximately eleven

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a m, Doris had made him a sack

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lunch, so he sat at his desk and

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ate.

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He remained in the office until
he received a phone call from

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Jean about his wife’s death.

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According to neighbors and

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friends, the McDonagh family had

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no known enemies, and no one

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could imagine who would want to

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hurt Doris.

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Each person interviewed raved
about how William and Doris

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dedication to their children and
to each other.

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They also described Doris as a

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spotless housekeeper, an antique

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collector, and just an all

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around friendly and lovely

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person.

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Doris was laid to rest at Sunset

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Memorial Gardens Cemetery under

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her name.

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Her modest tombstone simply
reads beloved wife.

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After his wife’s death, William

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and the couple’s two sons

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remained in the home on

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Riverside Drive.

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William eventually went back to
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Later, he moved to South

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Carolina, where he worked as a

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college professor.

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He passed away in twenty
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six, with no motive.

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Few clues and even fewer
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Doriss case quickly went cold

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and sadly, has remained that way

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ever since.

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I found this case on the
Unresolved Mysteries thread on

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Reddit, there’s a user who
contributes quite a bit.

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Her name is The Bones of Autumn.

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She’s an author of a book called
Unsolved Indiana Murder

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Mysteries, Bizarre Deaths and
Unexplained Disappearances, that

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just came out in October of
twenty twenty two.

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If you want to check it out,
I’ve got a link in the show

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notes to the Amazon listing.

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I’m going to credit The bones of
Autumn with a lot of the

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research on this case, because
if it weren’t for her, I

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wouldn’t have known anything
about this case.

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And she did a great job of
compiling all of the newspaper

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articles and facts of the case,
which is very much appreciated.

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And you can check her out on
Reddit.

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Her username is The Bones of

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Autumn, and I will have a link

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in the show notes directly to

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her account, so you can check

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out the other cases that she’s

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worked on.

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Eight days after the murder,

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there was an article posted in

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the Evansville Press by a

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Charles Schlieper.

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I think his name is pronounced
Schlieper or Schlepper.

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That outlines a discussion he
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outlines every movement he made
that day and provides basically

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a timeline of events.

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And I have, you know, written
this down and some things just

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don’t make a lot of sense to me.

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So I’m going to go through the
timeline as Mr. McDonnell

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reported it to this reporter
eight days after the murder.

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And this is all this is in the

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article, exactly how it was

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reported.

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As far as the timeline goes.

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So he reports that at four
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at their normal hour.

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He mentions that five days a
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deliver one hundred and thirty
five newspapers, and he

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accompanies them on those days.

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Doris drives.

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had loaded up in the car to go.

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so the family did not get
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a m and then he mentions, of
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blocks and there were carburetor
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He mentions that he and the boys

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continued the route on their

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bicycles.

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home, which is an hour later

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than usual.

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He says that they have milk and
cookies.

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He reported that Doris and the
boys went back to bed, while

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William read the newspaper.

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At seven a m he reports that the
family had a breakfast, which I

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guess would be the second time
they ate since they had cookies

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thirty minutes earlier, which is
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They had a second breakfast or
whatever you want to call it,

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and this was at seven o’clock,
and then they get ready for

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school and work.

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Before leaving, William and
Doris apparently discussed the

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children’s busy schedule,
school, sports, music lessons

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and the busy newspaper route.

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At eight a m, William and the
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William drives the boys to

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school at Redeemer Lutheran

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School at eight sixteen,

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Jefferson At eight thirty a m,

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William parks his car in a

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metered zone at Northwest Third

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Street off of Court Street near

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his office, which happens to be

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the Commonwealth Life Insurance

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Company.

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Doesn’t mention, but I assume

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he’s a salesperson for the life

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insurance company.

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However, before going into the
office, he questioned a nearby

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auto mechanic about fixing the
carburetor problem they were

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having with the car.

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At eight forty five, he reported
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He checks the mail and attends
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At nine a m, he drives home.

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His younger son’s rented
clarinet was in the back, and he

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didn’t want it to be in the back
seat for whatever reason.

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Uh. According to Mr. McDonough,
Bobby had considered dropping

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the clarinet lessons, so they
wanted to leave.

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He had left it in the back seat

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so they could return it to the

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owner.

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I’m guessing Mr. McDonough did
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it’s about a four minute drive

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from that intersection to their

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house on southeast on southeast

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Riverside Drive.

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You know, whether or not the
traffic would have been the same

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back then or not, I don’t know.

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drive, we’ll just say it was

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four.

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We’re going to be generous and

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say it was a quick drive

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actually, because it works in

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his favor to for it to have been

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a short drive in my scenario

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here.

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So let’s say he got to the house

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at nine oh five a m. He claims

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that he and his wife discussed

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upcoming plans to make cake and

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ice cream for the party that

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day.

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He claims that the storm door
was locked from the inside when

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he got home, so this would have
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So Doris had to come unlock the

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door, which she usually kept

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locked.

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As he was leaving, his wife
handed him the garbage to drop

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off just outside the rear door.

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He asked if she wanted him to

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close the door, since the door

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faces east and the rays from the

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rising sun would brighten the

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house.

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She told him she would lock it
later.

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Now that’s actually interesting
that she says that the sun, the

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rays from the rising sun would
brighten the house.

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And so she told him she would
lock it later.

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This is before there was a lot
of technology available, of

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course, but there is an app
called Sun’s Path, and it’s kind

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of neat because you can actually
enter a location, an address,

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and a date and a time, and it
will actually show you how the

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sun was in relation to that
particular address on that day,

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at that exact time, at nine.

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At nine a m on that particular
day, according to that, that

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app, the sun would have been
would have already risen mostly

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past the house to where the rays
would have been beating through

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the the door.

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It would have been more of a
that that would have already.

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So to have kept kept the door
open for the continued rays to

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be coming in.

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Seems a little off.

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I. I have a picture, a

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screenshot that I’m going to

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share.

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Its in the show notes at River
city mystery dot com slash.

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If you want to check out that.

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That graphic that shows where

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the sun was in relation to the

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back door.

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And I actually went to the house
and was kind of like observing

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how the sun would be in relation
to that back door.

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And it, and there’s a garage
back there.

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And it’s also it’s, it’s an odd
thing to say that you’re going

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to leave that back door open for
the light at that particular

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time of the day.

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Just a strange thing to say.

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So that was at nine.

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So at nine fifteen, he.

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He claims he left for the huddle
house.

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Apparently it’s about a four

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minute drive from thirteen

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eighteen East River, southeast

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Riverside Drive to where I think

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the huddle House was at that

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time.

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So at nine twenty a m, William
arrives at the huddle house for

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coffee with a client.

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So according to his own
timeline, at nine twenty five a

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m, he drives to Saint Mary’s
Hospital to visit his sick

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father in law, James C Hopwood.

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So he had he meets a client at
the huddle house for coffee, and

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five minutes later he’s on his
way to Saint Mary’s.

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It must have been a very quick
coffee.

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Maybe they just decided to get
together and stand in line and

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order the coffee and walk back
out to the parking lot.

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And I don’t know.

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There’s no mention in any of
these articles, or about whether

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or not the clients that he’s
meeting were actually talked to.

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So, you know, maybe, maybe he
did have some sort of bizarrely

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short meeting with someone at a
coffee house, um, and then take

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off really quickly.

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So at nine forty five a m, he
arrives at Saint Mary’s Hospital

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to visit his sick father in law.

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At ten forty, he claims he left
Saint Mary’s Hospital.

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On his way out, he speaks with

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his wife’s cousin, a medical

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records librarian at the

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hospital.

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And I’m assuming they talked to
her.

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The police talked to her to

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confirm that at ten forty five a

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m, he arrives at a client’s home

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on North Bakey at eleven a m he

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arrives back at his office to

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eat a sack lunch prepared by his

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wife.

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So at ten forty five, he arrives
at a client’s home.

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And then at eleven a m, fifteen

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minutes later, he’s back in the

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office.

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Um, I’m assuming maybe he was.

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I know back then with life
insurance, they would collect

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premiums, so maybe he was just
picking up a premium.

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I’m just going to throw him a
bone there.

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Um. Who knows.

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It was a very short meeting at
the with the client.

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Apparently at one p m he claims

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he calls his wife at home to

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tell her that he would pick up

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the children from school,

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whether or not that’s a normal

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thing, maybe because he had the

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car or I don’t know, who knows

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why he.

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Maybe that was a normal thing,
he says.

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No one answered.

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So at that point, he calls the

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neighbor Jeanne Akers at

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thirteen twelve South East

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Riverside Drive to ask if she

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was over there or if she had

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taken the family’s second car to

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the hospital to visit her

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father.

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Akers had also called her
earlier and had no answer, so

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apparently she had already tried
to call before William reached

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out to her.

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So multiple people have tried to
call her at this point.

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And this is one p m Jean asks if
he wants her to go check if the

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second vehicles in the driveway.

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He says to check that while he
calls the father in law.

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So William tried two or three

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times to call his father in law,

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but each time the phone line was

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busy.

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At one ten p m, William is
concerned and calls Jean the

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neighbor, to ask if the second
car is still in the driveway.

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It is.

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She said she went to the front
door.

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This is.

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Jean says she went to the front
door and knocked.

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No one answered and the front
storm door was unlocked.

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William asked if she could go

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around to the rear door and

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knock, since she was a little

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concerned, since he was a little

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concerned.

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As Jean was going to the rear

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door, William called and got

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Ahold of his father in law, who

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said he had not seen his

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daughter.

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Seconds later, Jean calls

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William screaming that Doris was

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dead.

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William claims he was numb and

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drove and drove home after the

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ambulance and firemen arrived at

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one thirty p m, William arrives

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home.

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He is held back by the EMTs due
to the condition of his wife.

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At first, a fireman told him
that his wife had shot herself

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with a gun.

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Then he later learned from a
detective that his wife had been

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beaten to death.

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According to the this article,
William said he has no idea who

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would have done this or why.

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He says it’s quote unquote still

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disturbing, which I assume it

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would have been eight days

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later.

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And he said that neighbors in
recent months had complained of

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prowlers in the area.

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Now, according to the medical
examiner, the time of death was

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between nine a m and one forty p
m on that day.

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It was reported in another

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article in the Evansville Press

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that a physician said death was

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due to an unmerciful beating,

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and a policeman said it was the

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worst I’ve seen of that kind of

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crime.

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One year after the murder, there

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was another article in the paper

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that references that the only

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item that was missing from the

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home was a claw hammer, which

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was kept in a basement toolbox

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or in a pantry drawer just off

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the kitchen.

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A hammer was among the few bits
of evidence later found by

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detectives, but police said that
they were never sure if that was

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the murder weapon that was used.

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So apparently the claw hammer

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was originally, according to the

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early reports, was missing from

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the home.

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That was the only item missing.

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But here this article is saying
one year later that it was among

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the few bits of evidence later
found by detectives.

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So apparently that Claw hammer
shows back up.

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The article also mentions that

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because of a lack of a motive or

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a suspect, police questioned

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Mcdonaugh and gave him a lie

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detector test.

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The results were labeled
inconclusive by the police.

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The same article says that
McDonagh, when recently asked

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about the incident, said he
would rather not talk about it.

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Quote, the less said about it,
the better.

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End quote.

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William McDonagh went on to be a

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college professor at Hesser

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Business College, and he was the

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former owner operator of Brooks

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Cleaner in Chester, South

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Carolina.

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He apparently volunteered with

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the Chester Nursing Center,

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where he was known as the Bingo

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Man.

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His obituary states that he died

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on October twenty eight, twenty

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nineteen, at the age of eighty

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six.

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It references his second wife of

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over forty five years and two

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sons.

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The obituary neglects to mention
anything about his first wife,

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which I suppose ties in with his
mentality of the less said about

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it, the better.

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I disagree with Mr. McDonagh.

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I don’t think the less said
about it, the better.

533
00:21:17.720 –> 00:21:20.480
Speaker:
I think more needs to be said
about it.

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00:21:20.480 –> 00:21:25.140
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This poor woman was murdered in
cold blood, in her own kitchen

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and her own husband, in quotes
in the actual paper, seemed more

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concerned about sweeping it
under the rug than he was

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finding the actual killer.

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While it may be too late to

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bring Doris’ killer to justice,

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my goal is to shine some light

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on her case so that she’s not

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forgotten.

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And that brings this episode to
a close.

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Speaker:
Thank you so much for listening.

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00:21:47.119 –> 00:21:50.519
Speaker:
And for those who are interested
in decentralization and privacy

546
00:21:50.519 –> 00:21:52.599
Speaker:
and blockchain technology.

547
00:21:52.599 –> 00:21:55.880
Speaker:
Feel free to check out the show
on the Muci stream, which is

548
00:21:55.880 –> 00:21:58.000
Speaker:
part of the desert blockchain.

549
00:21:58.000 –> 00:22:01.680
Speaker:
I have a link to that at RiverCityMystery.com.

550
00:22:01.680 –> 00:22:03.039
Speaker:
Thanks again for listening.

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Speaker:
Until next time, take care.