95. Killer in Steel City: Ryan Parker

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It is a Saturday afternoon on January 5, 2002, when Michael Gerboc drove to the floral store he owned with his partner florist, Ed Kirby, to check up Ed and the store. When Michael arrived and called out for Ed, he didn’t get a response but soon he finds Ed. Ed Kirby, age 48, is on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood. The popular florist had been murdered. He had been shot execution-style in the back of the head so he never saw it coming. A 9-millimeter shell was located nearby. His wallet was missing and the cash register was empty. Michael was devastated. Sadly this would not be the only murder this ruthless coward would be responsible for but there was one final shock that would leave many in disbelief.

Join Jen and Cam as we discuss Killer in Steel City in this episode of Our True Crime Podcast.
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Sources:
https://www.semissourian.com/story/62121.html
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-sparta-murder/article_d8e63c4c-0a47-5b27-8600-9719ad6d359e.html
https://www.sj-r.com/article/20110618/NEWS/306189977
https://qconline.com/news/illinois/former-police-officer-admits-murder-of-granite-city-florist/article_60bf18ad-c40b-597e-95e4-dc6e4f528e6b.html
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-2215.html
https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-ryan-parker-in-2018-the-to-catch-a-killer-finale-explores-a-complicated-murder-case-12273679 (also check out the episode!)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	How do you do? Jen and Kam feel it would be unkind to present this program without a friendly word of warning.
0:07.0	We are about to unfold our true crime podcast, a podcast of lifelong friends who seek to examine crimes which were committed
0:16.7	without reckoning upon God. The discussion will be frank and the subject matter will be of a grim and violent nature.
0:25.1	I think it will thrill you.
0:26.9	It might even horrify you.
0:29.4	So if there are young children listening, or if you feel unwilling to subject your nerves to such
0:34.8	a strain, now is your chance to.
0:37.0	Well, we've warned you. I'm going to. Hey Jen bow, what up?
1:03.0	Hey, Cam, how are you?
1:04.3	I'm good, how are you?
1:05.3	Or should I say, Cam Ho?
1:07.7	We did that joke in another episode, did you remember?
1:10.1	Did we?
1:11.1	No. You seriously don't remember that?
1:13.0	Oh, Jim.
1:14.0	No, I have short-term memory.
1:15.1	We really did.
1:18.0	I don't remember.
1:19.0	Oh, no, I'm sure, and I'm sure it was just as funny then as it is now.
1:23.0	It's almost like I've heard it before, so not so much, but that's okay.
1:25.6	So how you holding up?
1:26.9	How's things going?
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