Death of a Deacon

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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? Check out our great sponsors! SimpliSafe: Go To SimpliSafe.com/coldcase today to customize your system and get a free security camera! Function of Beauty: Go to FunctionOfBeauty.com/coldcase to take your quiz and save 20% on your first order! Klaviyo: To get started with a free trial visit Klaviyo.com/coldcase Lifelock: Go to LifeLock.com/coldcase to save up to 25% off your first year! Madison Reed: Find your perfect shade at Madison-Reed.com to get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING on your first Color Kit with code CCF Change your scenery with Apartments.com - the most p opular place to find a place!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production, available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One.
0:08.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production, available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One.
0:16.0	An A&E original podcast.
0:19.0	This episode discusses stories of intense violence, which may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:25.0	Please listen with caution.
0:32.0	Phil Perry was 40 years old.
0:34.0	He was serving as a deacon at his local church.
0:37.0	On April 13, 1992, he left the church and seemed to have disappeared.
0:43.0	His wife reported in missing, though she told police that she didn't always know where he was.
0:49.0	Their relationship was rocky at best.
0:52.0	Mr. Perry had been having an affair with a member of the church congregation, Lisa Bragg.
0:58.0	Phil was found three days later in Mexico and the backseat of a car.
1:02.0	He'd been shot and abandoned.
1:04.0	The car was registered to Carl, Lisa's husband.
1:10.0	From A&E, this is Cold Case Files the Podcast.
1:14.0	I'm Brooke and here's the renowned Bill Curtis with a classic case, Death of a Deacon.
1:25.0	I start screaming and yelling out of intel and this wasn't supposed to happen.
1:28.0	If you were just supposed to scare him, you're just supposed to tell him.
1:31.0	Don't mess with married women. You weren't supposed to f***ing kill him.
1:35.0	In an interrogation room, police watch as a wife talks to her husband.
1:40.0	And when he talked to her if I ever said anything that he would kill you, kill a kid.
1:46.0	The topic of conversation, murder.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from A&E / PodcastOne, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of A&E / PodcastOne and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.