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Corpus Delicti

228: Case Closed: Ed and Minnie Maurin

Corpus Delicti

CDM Productions

True Crime

4.5608 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ed and Minnie Maurin were well loved in their community. When Minnie didn't answer the door for guests arriving for a Christmas party, a search began. It wasn't until Christmas day that their bodies were found. Unfortunately, it would be years before the case was solved.


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Music by:

Kai Engel

"Daemones"

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Art of Escapism

"Coal Miners"


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Sources:

Ed, Minnie Maurin Killed For Money Before Christmas | Crime News (oxygen.com)

Cold Case Murder of Washington Couple Featured on A&E (people.com)

https://www.chronline.com/stories/updated-arrest-made-in-26-year-old-cold-case-murder-of-the-maurins,134066

1985 Washington Cold-Case Homicide of Elderly Couple Solved - ABC News (go.com)

Man gets 103 years in prison for slaying of elderly couple | Northwest | lmtribune.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone, it's Jen.

0:25.0

And this is Lindsay.

0:26.2

And welcome back to Corpus to look tight the podcast.

0:28.8

We are still going strong in our cold case solved series.

0:33.6

Yes, apologies for last week.

0:35.6

We unexpectedly missed last week right when we were supposed to record.

0:39.1

I got sick and it lasted for days and it just unfortunately did not line up. But all better now.

0:46.6

So here we are. And like Jen said, we're still in our case closed series and we are going to bring you another episode in that series tonight.

0:56.8

All right. And so in this week's episode, we dive into the mysterious disappearance and deaths

1:01.8

of Ed and Minnie Marie. Edward, or as his family called him, Ed, and Willamina Mary,

1:09.2

friends and family caught her mini, were 81 and 83 years old, respectively.

1:14.3

Now, they had long run and owned a 120-acre Christmas tree farm in Ethel, Washington in 1985.

1:23.9

So if you can just picture this cute, adorable, friendly, elderly couple who runs a Christmas

1:32.6

tree farm, you cannot think of a more picture-esque family. When Ed married Minnie, Minnie had

1:42.1

three children. They were a blended family on paper, but in all reality,

1:48.0

they were very close and they were a very loving family. Now, the family is well known in the

1:53.6

small community of just a couple of thousand people. Minnie was very active in the community

1:59.9

on her own as well, and she was actually hosting

2:03.5

a luncheon for some of the ladies at her church just six days before Christmas. So this is that

2:09.6

time of year when you're doing lunches and Christmas parties and get-togethers. And Minnie being

2:15.3

the pillar of the community that she is is hosting.

2:18.6

So the ladies arrive at the house, they knock on the door, they wait a while, and no one comes to the door.

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