195 - The Mysterious Death of Robert Hamrick

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

On a cold winter morning in March of 1970, Rock Creek, Ohio Police Chief Robert Hamrick radioed in that he was involved in a high speed pursuit. He never called in again. Hours later a deputy moving through the area came upon the scene of a hideous accident.

Chief Hamrick was found lying across the front seat of his cruisers whose lights and engine were off. He had sustained massive head and chest injuries and was barely clinging to life. Despite being flown to Cleveland for emergency brain surgery, Chief Hamrick succumbed to his injuries just nine days later.

While the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department ultimately ruled Chief Hamrick's death to be the result of a car accident, rumors and speculation suggested something more sinister. Many believed there had been a massive cover up to conceal the truth: that Chief Hamrick was lured to that isolated stretch of road, ambushed and viciously beaten.

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0:48.5	On a cold winter morning in March of 1970,
0:52.5	29-year-old Robert Hammrich, chief of the Rock Creek Ohio Police Department,
0:57.8	Made his final radio transmission.
1:00.5	Chief Hammrich reported that he was involved in a high speed pursuit,
1:04.2	And then nothing, just silence, an intermittent radio static.
1:09.2	Nearly two hours later, a deputy from the Ash tabula County Sheriff's Department
1:13.8	Was sent to try and locate Chief Hammrich.
1:16.5	Arriving at his last known location, the deputy discovered the twisted wreck of Hammrich's police cruiser.
1:22.4	The chief had seemingly lost control on the icy road and collided with a tree at a high rate of speed.
1:28.9	He was hurt bad, but he was still breathing.
1:32.4	Chief Hammrich was rushed to the hospital but would never regain consciousness.
1:36.9	He succumbed to his injuries nine arduous days later.
1:40.9	Almost immediately the rumors began.
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