A Murder No One Even Knew Happened - June 17 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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SUMMER MERCH IS OUT NOW! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ June 17th: Butch Pratt Goes Missing (1988) How far would you go to make sure you stay out of trouble? On June 17th 1988 a man went missing and ended up in the clutches of his best friend who, it seemed, would go to great lengths to make sure he didn’t get snitched on. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/17/the-unraveling-of-a-murder/02c46224-389a-4504-bdc2-e2776307d1af/, https://www.cleveland19.com/story/875013/family-fights-to-keep-man-behind-bars/, https://www.beaconjournal.com/article/20141201/NEWS/312019165, https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2013/06/murder_in_hudson_featured_on_investigation_discovery_series.html, https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/brothers-keeper/Content?oid=1483617, https://old.post-gazette.com/localnews/20020729prattreg7p7.asp, https://vindyarchives.com/news/2012/jul/13/tv-show-puts-focus-on-mans--murder/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.9	How far would you go to make sure you stay out of trouble?
0:18.2	On June 17, 1988, a man went missing and ended up in the clutches of his
0:23.1	best friend, who, it seemed, would go to great lengths to make sure that he didn't get snitched
0:28.7	on. So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a
0:34.5	morning cup of murder.
0:46.2	Rose Pratt reported her 22-year-old son missing in 1988 after his disappearance on June 17th.
0:52.2	Roger Pratt, 5'8 and 180 pounds with blue eyes and red hair, who was last seen taking a Greyhound bus to Akron, and, upon being given the case,
0:56.2	Sergeant Ronald Smalley, started questioning Roger's best friend, who gave him a ride to the
1:01.0	Pittsburgh station. According to his statement, Roger was invited to the University of Akron by a student
1:06.7	named Teresa Wilcuchik to spend the weekend with her, but, according to the 23-year-old,
1:12.2	Roger never showed up.
1:14.6	Roger's whereabouts remained a mystery for almost a year, until something seemingly unrelated
1:19.4	happened in Greenville, Pennsylvania, that, in the end, offered some closure to the Pratt
1:25.0	family.
1:26.6	Sixteen months after Roger Pratt disappeared,
1:29.4	37-year-old Linda J. Carlin came home from a trip
1:32.8	only to find that someone had set her home ablaze.
1:36.9	When emergency services arrived,
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