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Cold Case Files

Blood on the Badge

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When a police officer is murdered in Atlanta, the suspect list is vague at best. The case seems destined to stay on the cold case shelf forever... until a brave little girl speaks up about her attacker and investigators close in on the man responsible for both crimes. Check out our great sponsors! Bonafide: Go to HelloBonafide.com and use code COLDCASE to save 20%! SuperBeets Heart Chews: Get a free 30 day supply with your first purchase at SuperBeets.com/coldcase LifeLock: Join now and save up to 25% off your first year at LifeLock.com/coldcase June's Journey: Download June’s Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Total Wireless: Do amazing with your wireless plan at TotalWireless.com

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One.

0:05.6

In A&E, original podcast.

0:12.0

This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.

0:15.8

Use your best judgment.

0:21.8

Officer James Richard Green often referred to as Jim or J.R.

0:26.5

Work the night shift in Atlanta, Georgia.

0:29.3

His lunch break fell at around 1 a.m., so he stopped at the all-night restaurant,

0:33.7

Grandma's Biscuits, and got some to go.

0:37.4

He might have wanted to eat in his car in case he needed to respond to a call,

0:41.8

or maybe just to have some quiet time to think about his upcoming wedding.

0:46.4

Either way, he parked his car in front of a closed gas station and began to enjoy his meal.

0:52.7

It didn't last very long though, because just a few minutes later,

0:57.5

Officer Jim Green was shot three times. His body was discovered,

1:02.1

slumped over the steering wheel, with a napkin still in his hand.

1:08.7

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

1:16.7

Once Officer Jim Green's murder went public, the police started receiving a lot of tips,

1:22.1

but many of them were identified as bogus.

1:24.4

Fortunately, there was at least one credible tipster, Charlotte Moore,

1:29.6

who had been waiting for her ride home from her work at a donut shop.

1:34.7

They went right across the front of us, and we had to stop keeping him in.

1:42.4

He had very distinctive eyes, you know, like real wild-eyed and scary kind.

1:49.0

It was 1971, pre-cell phones, so Charlotte rushed home to report what she had witnessed.

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