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Murdered execution style in his own barn

One third of all murder cases in America remain open

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

This is one of those rare cases

From A&E this is cold case files the podcast

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

July 2nd 1985

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

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

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

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

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

Prouller's earlier in the day

Shirley spaulting found her husband's body inside the barn

She ran back to the house to phone the police

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

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

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

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

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

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