157 - The Murder of Donnie Farrell

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

One homecoming weekend at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, everyone was looking to party and have a good time, including nineteen year old Donnie Farrell. However, while most students weekends went off without a hitch, Donnie would find himself the target of a sudden, violent and unprovoked assault and within hours he would pass away.

Investigators managed to find surveillance footage of the suspect and noted he was wearing a unique hoodie, limited in supply. They had descriptions from witnesses and a nickname the suspect used, but finding his true identity proved to be a difficult task in an investigation that spanned thousands of miles across multiple states.

Who killed Donnie Farrell and how has he managed to evade authorities for nearly fourteen years?

Surveillance Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HmAO6WfdmE&t=19s

The Donnie Project: https://thedonnieproject.wordpress.com/

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0:00.0	It was homecoming weekend at Rowan University, a time for celebration, football, campus activities,
0:15.3	and of course parties.
0:17.3	In the electric glow of street lights with the scent of bonfires lingering in the air
0:21.4	and the sounds of students having the time of their life in the distance, one sophomore's
0:26.0	life would be destroyed in a matter of seconds.
0:29.8	19-year-old Donnie Farrell was walking with a group of friends when five men approached,
0:35.3	asking where parties were, Donnie turned to point them out when suddenly two men struck,
0:40.9	a quick punch dropped Donnie before he could even react.
0:44.6	No one yet knew, but Donnie wasn't just hurt, he was dying.
0:49.8	Just a few hours later, after emergency surgery and being placed on life support, he was gone.
0:56.7	For police, armed with eyewitness accounts, surveillance footage, and the knowledge of a unique
1:01.7	piece of clothing worn by one a salient, the hunt would cover multiple states, hundreds
1:07.0	of interviews and thousands of miles in pursuit of the men who robbed and murdered a 19-year-old,
1:13.3	all over a wallet and cell phone.
1:16.1	This is Trace Evidence Episode 157, The Murder of Donnie Farrell.
1:29.4	Welcome to Trace Evidence, I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco.
1:33.9	Today we examine a case that's a little different from what we normally do, the story of Donnie
1:39.0	Farrell and the mindless violence that took his life.
1:43.4	We're getting into it, just a few notes about the show.
1:47.2	Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast focused on unsolved murders and disappearances.
1:53.4	You can follow the show on social media on Twitter at Trace Ev Pod, Instagram at Trace Evidence
1:59.8	Pod, or by searching Facebook for Trace Evidence.
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