Murder He Wrote
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In July of 1988, the owner of a taxi company in Michigan was shot by a disgruntled employee. He survived, until a year later when he was shot once again. The identity of his second attacker would remain a mystery for fifteen years, until an exchange of letters between an inmate and a woman provided police with a clue.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production, available on Apple Podcasts and Podcasts and Podcast One. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production, available on Apple Podcasts and Podcasts and Podcast One. |
| 0:16.5 | Mr. Giller survived, but the shooter did not. |
| 0:20.4 | Xavier Giller was a tough and motivated person, |
| 0:22.6 | who was determined to recover, and he did. |
| 0:26.6 | In a tragically ironic twist of fate, |
| 0:29.6 | on July 19, 1989, just one year later, |
| 0:34.6 | Mr. Giller was shot once again, murdered in the driveway of his own home. |
| 0:40.3 | But this time, the killer lived and got away with his crime for 15 years. |
| 0:49.3 | One third of all murder cases in America remain open. |
| 1:00.1 | Each one is called a cold case, and only 1% are ever solved. |
| 1:03.0 | This is one of those rare cases. |
| 1:17.6 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast. Xavier Giller and his wife, Catherine, returned to their home in Livonia, Michigan, |
| 1:22.2 | after shopping for groceries. Mrs. Giller exited the vehicle and was making her way from |
| 1:27.2 | the driveway to the back door. |
| 1:29.4 | She opened the door to her house and walked into a life-altering situation. |
| 1:34.3 | This is Catherine Giller. |
| 1:36.1 | I went over to the light switch to turn it on, and that's when this man stepped out of the dining room, big tall person. |
| 1:45.8 | His head almost touched the archway. |
| 1:49.4 | And he says, don't touch it, or I'll waste you right here. |
| 1:55.7 | Then he hit her so hard that he knocked her out. |
| 1:59.6 | When she regained consciousness, |
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