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Court Junkie

Ep 221: 13 Years Later - Who Killed Ken Juedes?

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In August 2006, 58-year-old Ken Juedes was found shot to death in his home. 13 years later, there would finally be an arrest. Please subscribe to our new podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://link.chtbl.com/CivilPodcast Sponsors in this episode: BetterHelp - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/court and get on your way to being your best self. Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com to get a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. Shopify - Sign up for a FREE trial at Shopify.com/courtjunkie. Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. This episode was researched and written by Gabrielle Russon. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

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0:00.0

Hi, Detective McCartney. It's Cindy Needles. I'm just trying to see if there's anything new.

0:07.0

On the case, um, Cannon Island has been married three years today.

0:12.0

And uh, Betty Needles took that away from me. I know she's responsible for my husband's death. I know she is.

0:21.0

On what would have been her three-year wedding anniversary? Cindy Schultz-Edes left this voice message for a detective.

0:29.0

Her husband had been murdered a little over a year prior, and she was convinced the killer was his ex-wife, Betty.

0:38.0

And um, I'm tired of being accused of killing him, and Roy ready and put things on the internet. She changed plans of literally the last year.

0:50.0

And I'm tired of it. I'm tired of it all. And um, if I have to do something about it, I will.

0:56.0

For months now, Cindy was a widow who was under suspicion that she had murdered her husband.

1:03.0

I'm tired of being accused of being a suspect, so I'm thinking that I'm going to contact the media and tell them my side.

1:17.0

And um, give them the information that I know on everything. So, um, I'll talk to you later. Bye-bye.

1:26.0

Cindy's husband, Ken Needles, was alone inside their Wisconsin bedroom when he was shot twice in 2006.

1:35.0

Cindy found his body, naked, lying in a pool of blood on their bed.

1:41.0

Who would want to kill Ken, a well-liked pharmacist who some described as a gentle giant?

1:48.0

He had started off with nothing and worked hard in life to end up with a beautiful country house, with a three-story chimney he built himself.

1:57.0

He had a reputation for being a hard worker, and someone who was kind and funny, and he loyally took care of his elderly mother.

2:06.0

He also had an edge to him. He loved to drive motorcycles, and co-owned a racetrack that was a financial headache for him.

2:15.0

Ken even thought something criminal was happening with the business.

2:20.0

But when it came to love, Ken and Cindy seemed like newlyweds who were happy.

2:25.0

They had eloped to Las Vegas, and had been married just shy of two years at the time of his death.

2:31.0

It was both of their second chances at love, since they had each been married before.

2:37.0

For Ken's murder, there was no smoking gun evidence.

2:41.0

No eye witnesses, no murder weapon found to analyze for DNA.

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