68. The Murder of Sherry Black - Part 1

The Consult: Real FBI Profilers

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Talk Radio, True Crime

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode of The Consult, retired FBI profiler Julia Cowley is joined by Detective Ben Pender of the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department to discuss the 2010 murder of Sherry Black in South Salt Lake City, Utah. Sherry, the owner of a local bookstore, was found stabbed and beaten to death by her husband, Earl, in her store. Julia and Ben discuss his background in law enforcement, the details of this haunting case, and the victimology surrounding Sherry's life and tragic death. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. You can follow The Consult on social media: X/Twitter Instagram Facebook For additional information and resources, please visit our episode website: https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/68-the-murder-of-sherry-black-part-1/ Music “Light in the Basement” by John Hanske. Listen to more of John’s music on Spotify. If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon for early and ad-free episodes. Visit Patreon.com/theconsultpod to become a subscriber.

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0:00.0	In the consult, we discuss cases involving violence, sexual violence, abduction, and murder.
0:08.0	Sometimes the cases we discuss involve children.
0:12.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:15.0	Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined today by Detective Ben Pender of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
0:32.6	And Ben, thank you for being here with me today.
0:35.6	Thank you for having.
0:37.6	So a little bit of background.
0:39.3	Ben works, cold case homicide, and missing persons cases.
0:42.8	And I invited him to come on the show to share the story of Sherry Black.
0:48.9	And Sherry was murdered on November 30th of 2010 in the bookstore she owned and operated with her husband,
0:58.0	Earl Black, in South Salt Lake City, Utah. And this was a case I had the opportunity to profile
1:06.0	alongside another FBI agent during my time in the behavioral analysis unit.
1:11.6	And while that agent isn't here with us today, I am very glad to have Ben, who played a key role in solving Sherry's case alongside
1:21.6	other investigators. And he's here to walk us through the investigation.
1:27.5	So thank you again.
1:29.5	This was a very tragic case.
1:32.6	Yeah, absolutely.
1:33.6	It was.
1:34.1	And thanks for having me.
1:35.5	So what I'd like to start is just a little bit about you, Ben.
1:38.9	And can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you got into law enforcement.
1:45.0	Yeah.
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