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261: Parole Officer Catches an Unlikely Killer - January 10 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Joseph Naso despite being described as a loner and “odd” was, by all accounts, a seemingly normal guy. He was ex military, married for 18 years, maintained a good relationship with his wife post divorce and, after his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, spent years caring for him. If it wasn’t for his sticky fingers and an unannounced parole visit in 2010, no one would have known about his connection to a decades old cold case. And, on January 10th 1977, Joseph Naso claimed his first victim. Joseph Naso’s First Victim (1977) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement.

0:04.0

We have a weird...

0:06.0

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

A cop of murder.

0:10.0

Joseph Nassau, despite being described as a loner and odd, was by all accounts a seemingly normal guy.

0:19.0

He was ex-military, married for 18 years, maintained a good

0:23.4

relationship with his wife post-divorce, and after his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia,

0:29.3

spent years caring for him. If it wasn't for his sticky fingers at an unannounced parole

0:35.5

visit in 2010, no one would have known about his

0:39.1

connection to a decades-old cold case.

0:42.3

And, on January 10, 1977, Joseph Nassau claimed his first victim.

0:49.5

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:54.9

cup of murder.

1:00.1

After a few run-ins with the law for shoplifting, Joseph Nassau was put on probation after stealing

1:06.3

from a grocery store in 2009.

1:09.4

But if you asked about Joseph other than some sticky fingers and some weird vibes, he seemed

1:15.4

like an okay guy.

1:17.7

Then his parole officer made an unannounced home visit on April 13, 2010, that would

1:23.4

change everything.

1:25.6

The officer noticed an ad for a gun and several rounds of ammunition

1:29.2

in Nassau's ashtray. This was a clear violation of his parole, which gave police free

1:35.4

rain to check the rest of the residents while he was arrested for violating his parole and sent

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