A Killer in Plain Sight | Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings

Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.1 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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When detectives started investigating the deaths of Helen and Pamela Hargan, they came to a much different conclusion than the first responders on the scene. This was not a murder-suicide; it was a double homicide. But who could have killed the mother and daughter? Police began to zoom in on a single, shocking suspect. Get early, ad-free access to episodes of Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings by subscribing to 48 Hours Plus on Apple Podcasts or Wondery+ on the Wondery app. The series is widely available everywhere else you get your podcasts. Subscribe to 48 Hours+: https://apple.co/4aEgENo Subscribe to Wondery+: https://wondery.com/plus/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.8	We had to take everything, every scenario into play.
1:04.4	That's our responsibility.
1:07.4	After spending the whole evening combing for clues at the Hargan House,
1:12.0	homicide detective Brian Byerson of the Fairfax County Police knew something was off.
1:18.4	The rifle leaning against Helen's dead body wasn't covered in blood.
1:23.5	Both Helen and Pamela's cell phones had been wiped clean.
1:27.6	And then, later into the day, the detective learned what Helen's boyfriend, Carlos Gutierrez,
1:34.4	had told 911 dispatchers.
1:36.8	My girlfriend told me that her sister killed her mom, and now my girlfriend won't answer her son.
1:45.5	Carlos had said that Helen's sister, Megan, had killed Pamela.
1:50.8	We knew that Megan Hargan was at her father's home.
1:53.8	I had a conversation with that detective, and I asked him to get a good statement from her as far as where she was.
2:03.0	And GSR her hands.
2:06.5	Gunshot residue, yes.
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