Dead West: Mystery in Cuero

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

When Pam Shelly, 31, is found in her Cuero, Texas bathroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, her death is initially ruled a suicide. Yet a tenacious investigator's instincts and his suspicion of foul play eventually cracks the case wide open.

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0:35.9	This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:39.7	Listener discretion is advised.
0:42.1	My mom, she grew up on a farm. She was the real country girl.
0:47.7	When I received the call, I did not know I would be facing the longest investigation of my career.
0:55.0	What we heard was gunshots.
0:57.0	Bam, bam.
0:58.0	Such shit.
0:59.0	What the hands going on?
1:01.0	Her eyelids are purple, and her lips are purple, and blood is everywhere.
1:07.0	I was speechless.
1:09.0	I could not believe what I was hearing.
1:12.6	I was just a kid and I felt like nobody was listening to me.
1:16.6	He said, if you want this bitch back, you will get her in a pine box.
1:21.6	I wanted the truth shed with the rest of the world, because I knew the truth.
1:26.6	There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.
1:30.3	Only 1% are ever solved.
1:33.3	This is one of those rare stories.
1:40.3	Carl Bowen is the sheriff of DeWitt County.
1:47.0	Quiro, Texas is my hometown.
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