Jeannette "Charlie" Atwater

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

"One of the theories is that it was somebody passing through and she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It could have been anyone that night. We can't find anything that singles out Charlie Atwater as a target."

In the early morning hours of 16 January 2000, firefighters responded to a call on the outskirts of Billings, MT. The fire, which seemed to have been intentionally started in a gravel parking lot near the MetraPark Arena, had engulfed a vehicle within minutes of the 3:32 AM call being placed to emergency dispatchers.

During the process of extinguishing the fire, firefighters had to force open the trunk of the burning vehicle, a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. When firefighters looked inside, they were shocked to find the body of a local resident, whose distinguishing features had been burned away in the short-lived-yet-powerful blaze...

Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to the Yellowstone County Cold Case unit at (406) 869-3530. You can also send an email to [email protected]. Those that wish to reach out anonymously can do so at the following CrimeStoppers line: (406) 254-6660.

Episode researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Original music created by Micheal Whelan through Amper Music

Learn more about this podcast at http://unresolved.me

If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod to become a Patron or Producer

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	So you sat there doing all this financial mumbling and I love doing stuff like that by the way.
0:06.0	I actually love sitting there and working out, is everything going to be okay?
0:10.0	It is so rewarding when you get to that point where the business has finally turned around.
0:18.0	Sage empowers finance professionals like Kat to feel more rewarded,
0:22.0	with helpful business tools and advice from real experts.
0:26.0	Sage helping business flow.
0:30.0	SSC Energy Solutions can give you the tools your business needs to improve energy consumption and reduce costs today.
0:37.0	While building the renewable infrastructure and green technology our country needs for a better tomorrow.
0:42.0	Let's power change together.
0:44.0	Visit SSCEnergySolutions.co.uk to find out how we can help your business go green today.
0:58.0	In the early morning hours of Sunday January 16th, 2000, the building's fire department responded to a vehicle fire near the intersection of Bench Boulevard and Lincoln Lane.
1:10.0	This was a small gravel parking lot in the building's Heights neighborhood on the northern outskirts of buildings itself.
1:18.0	A couple of sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene first shortly after 3.30am and waited for firefighters to arrive just a minute or two later.
1:28.0	They then attempted to extinguish the blaze which seemed to have spread quickly.
1:33.0	By the time that firefighters arrived, the entire vehicle, an old mobile cutlass, was engulfed in flame.
1:40.0	During the process of extinguishing the fire, firefighters had to force open the trunk of the vehicle to ensure that there wasn't an accelerant inside providing fuel for the blaze.
1:51.0	When firefighters looked inside, they were shocked to find the badly burned body of a human being.
1:58.0	Who, unbeknownst to the firefighters attempting to extinguish the fire, had been alive less than two hours beforehand?
2:07.0	This is the story of Jeanette Charlie at Water.
2:12.0	Jeanette, where they at Water, was born on January 12, 1966 in Miles City, Montana, to her parents James and Donna at Water.
2:34.0	Through her entire life, she would end up going by the nickname Charlie, which was given to her before her birth by her uncle, who won a stuffed animal at a county fair and then gave it to his sister.
2:46.0	Charlie's mother, pregnant at the time, telling her, here, this is for little Charlie.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Unresolved Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Unresolved Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.