306. [CHINA] The Red Milkshake || The Murder of Robert Kissel [Part 2 of 2]

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

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0:29.7	Hey everyone, and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime, where we get Big Mad over True Crime.
0:36.4	I'm Heather Ashley, and today you'll be hearing
0:38.4	part two of the Rob Kissel story. Kessel, an investment banker for Merrill Lynch living in Hong Kong, China, with his wife, Nancy, and their three children.
1:13.9	Just before 5 p.m. on November 2nd,
1:19.5	Rob spoke to his co-worker and friend David about an important conference call they had scheduled for later that evening. According to David, Rob seemed off during this call. I mean, his speech was
1:26.0	slurred and he sounded very mellow. That night,
1:29.6	Rob never showed up for the conference, which was completely out of character for him.
1:35.2	No one heard from him again, and when friends reached out to Nancy for answers, she gave some
1:40.4	mixed explanations. To David, she mentioned some family issues, but when speaking with
1:46.5	her other friend, Brina, she claimed that Rob had physically assaulted her and then left the
1:52.1	apartment on November 2nd. Rob's friends were confused, and her conflicting stories only made
1:58.7	them more suspicious. On November 6th, David filed a missing person's report,
2:04.1	and later that evening, police arrived at the Kissel apartment complex to investigate. It didn't
2:10.5	take long before they made a gruesome discovery. Police found Rob's body wrapped in carpet hidden in the Kissel's storage unit.
2:20.3	An autopsy later revealed that he had been bludgeoned with a statue while unconscious.
2:26.4	With Rob's murder confirmed, Nancy was taken into custody, and the police began to piece together
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