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Who Killed...?

Amy Mihaljevic - Chief Mark Spaetzel Part 2

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mark Spaetzel was the chief of the Bay Village Police Department and was an officer for 35 years. He was a young officer when he spoke to Amy Mihaljevic's class the day she was abducted and he was been around this case since the beginning. Now that he is retired, we can only hope he will get involved with the Amy Task Force and see if he can't help close terrible chapter in Northeast Ohio and the Mihaljevic family. If you have any information, please contact Bay Village police at 440-871-1234 or 1-800-call-FBI. If you would like to help support this podcast you can do so by clicking on this link https://www.paypal.me/williamhuffman3 or via my Venmo account with my username @bill-huffman-3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media and Bill Huffman present Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:08.6

Amy was last seen on Friday afternoon at this Bay Village shopping center.

0:12.8

It's right across the street from the police department.

0:15.1

She had gone in to Baskin-Robbins for some ice cream with her friends, and then later was seen talking with a man.

0:21.3

Amy's abductor has been described as a white male 35 to 45 years old, approximately 5'8,

0:27.5

and wearing glasses. Then there was the phone caller who tricked Amy into meeting him. He had

0:32.9

apparently tried it before. And part of the con involved luring Amy to the Bay Village shopping plaza.

0:38.7

A phone call to Amy led her to believe the suspect was a friend of the family.

0:42.9

Wanted to buy her mom a surprise gift to celebrate a job promotion.

0:47.4

Bay Village is a quiet community of 18,000 people. Lieutenant Wilson says this kind of crime is rare.

0:53.8

Well, I've been here 23 years and it hasn't

0:55.6

happened. Well, I think that there was a familiarity. He was familiar with Amy. He knew how to

1:00.6

contact her. He knew information about Amy's mother. I've always taught them the rules. You never go

1:06.5

with anyone anywhere, but that's how we got through her, through her soft heart. She wanted to do

1:11.7

something for mom and it was supposed to be kept secret. One of Amy's friends reportedly told

1:16.2

police that Amy said she was to meet someone who claimed to be a friend of the family to go by

1:20.8

her mother a surprise gift. The FBI's William Brannon says he may still be in the area,

1:26.3

carefully watching the investigation.

1:28.6

And the best way to recognize him is a change of character.

1:32.2

Brandon says the kidnapper may have become anxious, lost sleep or wait, and may drink heavily

1:36.5

or turn to drugs.

1:38.1

In this case, the victim does not know at this point that she or he is a victim. I had just turned 22 when I was

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