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🗓️ 18 June 2025
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Cold case investigator Jennifer Bucholtz and arson investigator Alan Haskins join us to discuss the 2008 unsolved murder of 47-year-old Linda Malcom. Linda was found dead in the early morning hours of April 30, 2008, after a suspicious fire was reported at her home in Port Orchard, Washington. It was ultimately determined that Linda had been stabbed multiple times. In this episode, Jennifer and Alan walk us through the early investigation and details of the crime scene.
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0:12.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined by my colleagues. |
0:38.8 | Susan Costler Drew. |
0:40.4 | And Bob Drew. |
0:41.3 | And Susan and Bob are also retired FBI profilers, and we work together in the FBI's |
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1:19.6 | Today we're consulting on the murder of 47-year-old Navy veteran Linda Malcolm, |
1:26.2 | who was found stabbed to death in her Port Orchard Washington home on April 30th, 2008. |
1:32.3 | There are some pretty interesting behavioral aspects to this case and notably her home was set on fire after her murder and that's something we don't see all that often. I think I saw it two times |
1:46.2 | in my time in the BAU. Bob and Susan were there longer than me, so perhaps they saw it, |
1:53.1 | but we don't see it that often. So it's an interesting aspect to this case. And joining us today |
2:00.6 | are cold case investigators, Bukoltz and arson |
2:05.9 | investigator Alan Haskins. Welcome to both of you. Thank you. So Jennifer and Alan are both part |
2:13.2 | of the American Military University Cold Case team. That's correct, right? Yes. And Jennifer reached out to me |
2:19.8 | about doing Linda's case, which is interesting because back shortly after it happened, Bob had |
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