Episode 088: Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr - Justice for Paul Rico

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Retired agents Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr review their investigation of the evidence used in 2003, to charge 78-year-old, veteran FBI Agent Paul Rico in the high-profile, 22-year-old murder of Roger Wheeler, a prominent Tulsa, Oklahoma businessman. Rico died in jail before a trial or even a preliminary hearing was ever held. Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr had never met Paul Rico. After reviewing pertinent documents, they determined that there was no credible evidence that Rico conspired to commit murder. The only witnesses against him were two convicted organized crime assassins who accused Rico in an attempt to beat new murder raps and avoid their own death sentences.

Wolfinger and Kerr compiled their findings in a book they wrote about their investigation, RICO: How Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Mob Destroyed One of the FBI's Finest Special Agents. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/joe-wolfinger-and-chris-kerr-justice-for-paul-rico/

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 88 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:09.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases. In this episode
0:16.3	we get to speak to retired agents Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr who reviewed the evidence used in 2003 to charge 78 year old veteran
0:29.6	FBI agent Paul RICO in the high profile 22 year old murder of Roger Wheeler, a prominent
0:38.8	Tulsa Oklahoma businessman.
0:41.7	Paul Rico died in jail before a trial or even a preliminary hearing was
0:47.4	ever held. Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr had never met Paul Rico.
0:54.0	But upon learning of the charge
0:56.6	and RICO's death, they decided to look into the case.
1:02.4	And they were able to determine that. to the only evidence
1:05.0	only evidence against Paul Rico was provided by two convicted organized crime members who fingered Paul Rico in an attempt to beat new murder wraps and to avoid their own death sentences.
1:24.0	Joe Wolfinger served nearly 30 years with the FBI.
1:28.0	During his Bureau career, he rose through a variety of positions,
1:32.0	serving as Squad Supervisor Inspector Special Agent
1:36.3	in Charge SAC and lastly as the assistant director in charge a dick of the
1:42.4	FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
1:45.0	After retiring from the FBI, Wolfinger, an attorney,
1:49.0	Sir Pro Bono for 14 years as the Executive Director of the Major County Sheriff's Association.
1:57.0	Chris Kerr served a total of 33 years with the FBI,
2:02.0	initially hired as a clerk and an analyst, he spent the last 26 years of his Bureau
2:07.3	career as a special agent, primarily working organized crime and drug investigations.
2:14.8	Chris Kerr was elected by his peers to serve three terms on the National Executive Board
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