247: Oliver Northup & Claudia Maupin

Morbidology

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Officer Mark Hermann was responding to a call for a welfare check in Davis, California, on the 14th of April, 2013. Oliver Northup and Claudia Maupin hadn’t shown up to church that morning, and all attempts to reach them by phone were unsuccessful. As the officer scanned the perimeter of their home, he spotted that a window screen had been sliced open…

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0:00.0	Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. So, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
0:55.0	oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you know, No more speaking one? I want to remain anonymous.
1:14.0	Is that okay?
1:15.0	Okay.
1:16.0	What are you calling to report, sure?
1:18.0	The double homicide that happened in April this year?
1:22.0	What can you tell me about that?
1:24.0	Everything actually. The residential tree-lined
1:36.2	tree-lined neighborhood of Cowell Boulevard meanders through the heart of Davis in
1:40.9	California. It's situated close to the bustling highway and not too far away from the pulse of the town centre.
1:49.0	Here, amidst the mostly single family homes and condominiums, lies number 4006.
1:57.0	Where 87-year-old Oliver Northup and his wife of 17 years, 76-year-old Claudia Moorpin made their home.
2:07.2	With its modest 1,088 square feet, their home provided a snug retreat for the retired couple, but accommodating their large family of nine children and 14 grandchildren could sometimes prove to be a challenge.
2:22.0	At round 930 PM on the 14th of April 2013 the
2:27.4	tranquility of Cowell Boulevard was disrupted when Davis police received a phone call from one of Claudia's adult daughters.
2:35.8	She had become concerned by the lack of communication from her mother throughout the day,
2:41.4	and repeated attempts to reach her had gone unanswered.
2:45.1	When Oliver's children tried to reach out to him throughout the day as well, they
2:50.1	received the same strange silence.
2:54.1	The phone just rang and rang, but nobody answered it.
2:59.7	It was a Sunday and Oliver and Claudia hadn't shown up for a memorial service at the church and Oliver had
3:06.2	been scheduled to sing that day. Growing worried, their children had gone over to their home
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