Death of a Deacon
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico. He had been murdered. Who killed Deacon Phil Perry? And how did his body end up south of the border?
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| 0:15.8 | An A&E original podcast. |
| 0:19.4 | This episode discusses stories of intense violence, which may be disturbing to some listeners. |
| 0:25.6 | Please, listen with caution. |
| 0:31.7 | Phil Perry was 40 years old. He was serving as a deacon at his local church. |
| 0:36.9 | On April 13, 1992, he left the church and |
| 0:41.0 | seemed to have disappeared. His wife reported him missing, though she told police that she didn't |
| 0:46.6 | always know where he was. Their relationship was rocky at best. Mr. Perry had been having an |
| 0:54.1 | affair with a member of the church congregation, Lisa Bragg. |
| 0:58.2 | Phil was found three days later in Mexico, in the backseat of a car. |
| 1:02.3 | He'd been shot and abandoned. |
| 1:04.6 | The car was registered to Carl, Lisa's husband. |
| 1:10.7 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files the podcast. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm Brooke, and here's the renowned Bill Curtis with a classic case, death of a deacon. |
| 1:24.7 | I start screaming and yelling at him and telling him this wasn't supposed to happen. |
| 1:28.4 | You were just supposed to scare him. |
| 1:29.9 | You're just supposed to tell him. |
| 1:31.6 | Don't mess with married women. |
| 1:33.3 | You weren't supposed to kill him. |
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