166: The Egan Murders on New Year’s Eve 1964 | USA

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 26 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Petty criminal Peter Egan, his wife Barbara and his brother Gerald were shot, execution-style at a rest stop north Watertown on Interstate 81. The case became known as the Jefferson County Egan Murders, and to this day, no one has been brought to justice for the cold-hearted killing. But do police know who was responsible?

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Evidence Locker.
0:09.6	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.
0:13.0	It deals with true crimes in real people.
0:15.6	Some parts are graphic in nature, and listener discretion is advised.
0:19.7	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved
0:24.1	ones.
0:27.7	Shirley Coleman was at home on New Year's Eve in 1964.
0:31.4	She had five children between the ages of two and eleven, and theirs was a busy household.
0:37.0	Her husband had left their rural home to get some supplies from a nearby store.
0:41.6	They were expecting guests for a visit, and there was a tinge of excitement in the air.
0:46.7	When Shirley heard a knock at the front door, she was surprised to find two strangers on
0:50.3	her porch.
0:52.2	Bill and Beverly Jay, a well-dressed 30-something couple, seemed to strut and asked if they could
0:57.2	use her phone to call the police.
1:00.2	Shirley was usually careful about who she let into her home, but nothing about the couple
1:04.5	made her suspicious, and she showed them where the phone was.
1:08.6	Bill made the call while Beverly sat in the lounge with the Coleman children.
1:13.0	She was so upset when one of the girls came to sit on her lap, she clung to her for
1:17.3	45 minutes.
1:19.5	Meanwhile, Shirley's husband Joseph had arrived home, and the Coleman's tried to calm the
1:23.6	Jay's down.
1:25.8	Before they left again, Bill told the couple what they had witnessed.
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