Murder He Wrote
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 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 Podcast One |
| 0:08.0 | Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One |
| 0:16.6 | Mr. Giller survived but the shooter did not |
| 0:20.2 | Xavier Giller was a tough and motivated person who was determined to recover and he did |
| 0:25.7 | In a tragically ironic twist of fate on July 19th |
| 0:32.3 | 1989 just one year later |
| 0:35.0 | Mr. Giller was shot once again murdered in the driveway of his own home |
| 0:41.7 | But this time the killer lived and got away with his crime for 15 years |
| 0:50.6 | One-third of all murder cases in America remain open |
| 0:54.0 | Each one is called a cold case and only one percent are ever solved |
| 1:01.1 | This is one of those rare cases |
| 1:04.3 | From A&E this is cold case files the podcast |
| 1:08.5 | Xavier Giller and his wife Catherine returned to their home in Livonia, Michigan after shopping for groceries |
| 1:24.1 | Mrs. Giller exited the vehicle and was making her way from the driveway to the back door |
| 1:29.1 | She opened the door to her house and walked into a life altering situation |
| 1:33.9 | This is Catherine Giller |
| 1:35.9 | I went over to the light switch to turn it on |
| 1:39.5 | And that's when this man stepped out of the |
| 1:42.9 | Downing room big tall person is hit almost touch the air choice |
| 1:49.3 | He says don't touch it. I'll wish you right here |
| 1:55.6 | Then he hit her so hard that he knocked her out |
| 1:59.2 | When she regained consciousness |
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