074 - The Murder of David Cox

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-seven year old David Cox had served four years in the Marine Corps and was now living with his girlfriend back in his home state of Massachusetts. While the transition had been a struggle, things were beginning to look up.

The release of the film "A Few Good Men" impacted David strongly as it was closely based on an incident in which he had been involved during his time as a Marine stationed at Guantanamo Bay. David was angry, feeling that he and his fellow Marines had been mis-represented and depicted as murderers.

On the morning of January 5th, David was eagerly awaiting a call about a job. When his girlfriend called home at noon, there was no answer. She called again an hour later, but again there was no answer. Upon arriving home she found David gone, his keys in the ignition of his truck and no sign or indication of where he could have went.

For three months David was missing until a man canoeing down the Charles River discovered his remains. He had been shot four times and left in the wilderness, more than half a mile from the nearest road. Twenty-five years later and question still remains: Who murdered David Cox?

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0:35.8	27 year old David Cox was building towards a new future. After serving four years in the
0:42.0	Marine Corps, the young man was now living with his girlfriend in Natick, Massachusetts, not
0:48.1	too far from his hometown of Needham. However, in 1992, ghosts from his past would come back
0:55.4	to haunt him and David was planning to fight back. While stationed at Guantanamo Bay,
1:01.9	Cuba, David took part in a hazing ritual known as a code red in which a fellow Marine nearly died.
1:09.5	This incident and the court martial David took part in became the inspiration for a play that
1:15.2	then became the very successful movie, a few good men. David was livid that his story had been told,
1:22.2	details altered, and in the end, he felt he and his fellow Marines had their privacy invaded and
1:28.5	their experience marketed by others for profit. In January of 1994, David was mulling over joining
1:36.3	a lawsuit against the production company when he mysteriously vanished. Sadly, some three months later,
1:43.0	David's remains were recovered in a rural area near the Charles River. He had been shot four times.
1:50.1	25 years later, the same questions that squirreled around David's murder remain unanswered,
1:56.5	and a new investigation is hoping to finally uncover the truth of why the young man was murdered
2:01.8	and who may have done it. Some believe it was retribution for Guantanamo Bay, others that it was
2:07.9	somehow connected to Hollywood. Some believe David was murdered by someone he knew and trusted
2:13.5	and that he never saw it coming. To this day, it isn't even known why David was murdered and who
2:19.8	would have had the motive to commit this terrible crime. This is Trace Evidence, Episode 74,
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