Lone Survivor

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family’s brutal massacre in early 1984. Investigators at the time suspect that a serial killer is at large, but decades later the suspect pool narrows down to just one man. Check out our great sponsors! Nutrafol: Grow thicker, healthier hair by going to Nutrafol.com and use code FILES to save $15 off your first month’s subscription! Vegamour: Go to Vegamour.com/coldcase and use code "coldcase" to save 20% on your first order! Progressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive!

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0:00.0	An A&E original podcast.
0:02.8	This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault.
0:07.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:15.8	I don't remember actually being sat down and being told hey your parents are dead,
0:21.1	but I'm a living witness to what happened.
0:24.0	I always thought that he would come back and try to kill me and finish the job.
0:28.0	Just having that hanging over your shoulder puts a great deal of stress on you and anxiety.
0:34.0	He took my sanity.
0:36.0	He took that me, that person, inside that I was supposed to be for me.
0:42.0	I spent a long time, a long part of my life being a victim.
0:46.0	And I chose from then on that I would never be a victim again.
0:53.0	There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America.
0:57.0	Each one is a cold case.
0:59.0	Only 1% are ever solved.
1:01.5	This is one of those rare stories.
1:04.5	It's January 16th, 1984.
1:28.5	A frigid Monday morning in Aurora, Colorado, just outside of Denver.
1:35.5	Connie Large Bennett receives a disturbing phone call from her brother, about her adult son Bruce and his wife Debra.
1:44.5	Bruce and Debra work for Bruce's uncle as the regional distributors of Bassett Furniture.
1:50.5	But they had not shown up for work that morning and calls to their house have gone unanswered.
1:56.5	There had been a gathering at Bruce and Debra's house the night before for their eldest daughter, Melissa's eighth birthday.
2:03.5	Debra's brother, Larry, recalls the occasion.
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