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Cold Case Files

A Brother's Burden

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

There were three Evans brothers: the cop, the truck driver, and the troublemaker. When a rumor surfaces connecting one of the three brothers to a murder case eighteen-years cold, the boundaries of loyalty, morality, and trust between siblings are tested. Check out our great sponsors! Listen to the story of Angela Mack and Thomas Rettew from The Vanished on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Tommy John: Get $25 off sitewide at TommyJohn.com/coldcase - see site for details. Talkspace: Get $100 off your first months of online therapy when you use code COLDCASE at Talkspace.com Madison Reed: Find your perfect shade at Madison-Reed.com to get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING on your first Color Kit with code CCF

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple podcasts and podcast one

0:15.9

Murdered execution style in his own barn

0:21.4

One third of all murder cases in America remain open

0:24.6

Each one is called a cold case and only 1% are ever solved

0:30.9

This is one of those rare cases

0:33.4

From A&E this is cold case files the podcast

0:42.2

Don's baldings daily routine consisted of waking up early tending to the animals and going to work on that particular Friday

0:50.4

July 2nd 1985

0:52.4

Don didn't make it to work out of concern for their typically consistent employee the company called Don's home to make sure he was okay

1:01.1

Shirley spaulting was the one you answered the phone Don wasn't home

1:05.4

Shirley stated that she had assumed Don had fed the horses and went to work like usual that call was received at 8 a.m

1:11.8

But apparently Shirley wasn't overly concerned because it wasn't until after 10 a.m. That she found Don's body

1:23.5

And neighborhood noticed Don's truck parked near the horse barn the same location where they had reported seeing unidentified

1:30.2

Prouller's earlier in the day

1:32.3

Shirley spaulting found her husband's body inside the barn

1:35.7

She ran back to the house to phone the police

1:37.9

Captain fell Perry answered the call and rushed to the spaulting home. This is Captain Perry

1:44.0

He was right inside the barn about three or four foot and kind of on his back with his arms thrown out

1:50.7

A bucket kicked over where he was preparing to feed up his animals

1:56.0

Don had been shot four times at close range at that distance escape would have been impossible

2:01.5

The crime scene investigators searched the barn for evidence digging through straw and mud and animal muck

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