In the consult, we discuss cases involving violence, sexual violence, abduction, and murder.

Sometimes the cases we discuss involve children.

Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined by my colleagues. Susan Costler-Drew. And

Bob Drew. And Susan and Bob are also retired FBI profilers, and we work together in the FBI's

behavioral analysis unit. Today is the third and final part of our consultation with

Cole Case Investigator Jen Bucholtz and arson investigator Alan

Haskins.

They're with the American Military University Coal Case team and have been working on the

2008 murder of 47-year-old Linda Malcolm in Port Orchard, Washington.

For a brief recap, in the early morning hours of April 30, 2008, Linda's neighbors reported that her home was on fire.

It was later determined that Linda had been stabbed 24 times and was already deceased before the fire started.

In parts one and two, we discussed the crime scene and Linda's victimology.

Notably, a window on the opposite side of the house from where

Linda's body was found had been removed from the outside, and the fire originated in that same

area of the home. We also learned that Linda's last known contact was a phone call with a friend

between 8 and 9 p.m. the night before the fire. She was also scheduled to move out of her

home the next day and had told her landlords she had arranged for a moving truck to be at the home.

In part three, we'll continue trying to understand Linda so we better understand the offender,

and we will wrap up our analysis of this case.

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