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Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
A husband and wife fall victim to a seemingly random shooting... and the key piece of evidence stays buried for more than a decade.
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| 0:00.0 | A March 8, 1987, Ray and Rita Dumel enjoyed drinks and music at their local VFW. |
| 0:14.0 | The couple left around 8 p.m. and headed home in their van. Ray seemed a little off, though. |
| 0:20.2 | He pulled over near the Blanco Bridge and then passed |
| 0:22.5 | out. Ray's wife Rita shook him and yelled his name, but she couldn't get him to wake up. |
| 0:30.3 | It was before the time of cell phones, so Rita tried to flag someone down for help. A man in a dark |
| 0:36.7 | colored pickup truck stopped, |
| 0:38.4 | and she was relieved at help it arrived. |
| 0:40.8 | She wasn't relieved for very long, though. |
| 0:43.8 | The man fired two bullets through her husband's window. |
| 0:48.9 | Less than an hour later, this call was made to 911. |
| 0:54.3 | Yeah, I've got to have been on fire. Yeah, I agree. this call was made to 911. Radio. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, I've got to be in a line. |
| 0:58.2 | Reporting that there's a lady reporting that there's her husband is lying in the van. |
| 1:03.7 | He shot off the window. |
| 1:05.5 | He won't respond to her and she doesn't know he's dead alive. |
| 1:15.0 | From A&E, this is cold case files. |
| 1:27.0 | Rita had finally managed to get someone to stop and help her. |
| 1:34.1 | They placed the 911 call, and Detective Dana Peterson was dispatched to the location where the Dumel's van had been parked. |
| 1:40.0 | He discovered Rita crying hysterically, and 49-year-old Ray shot to death. |
| 1:42.0 | This is Detective Peterson. |
| 1:45.0 | Mr. Demel was in the vehicle. He was in the driver's side. |
| 1:47.0 | The side window of the driver's door is broken. |
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