Opal Weil Part 1 of 2
DNA: ID
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🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Episode 166 Opal Weil Part 1 of 2
In January 1987, 82 year old Opal Weil was slain in her St. Petersburg, FL home. The crime scene reflected a burglary, with Opal's wedding ring pulled off her finger. Within a week, it happened again. Octogenarian Eleanor Swift's home, just 6 miles from Opal's, was burgled, she was killed, and her wedding ring taken. A third victim in the same month survived, but remembered nothing. The cases, quickly connected in the eyes of the investigators, went cold, despite a large number of suspects being considered. Hairs found at Opal's crime scene, distinct from her own, would prove to be the key to an IGG analysis, and a suspect was finally identified and arrested for her murder in 2023. But that is not the end of the story.
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| 0:41.3 | I'm The It was 1987. |
| 1:24.5 | Frieda Giles was very concerned about her elderly sister-in-law, Opel, Wyle. Opel was the |
| 1:29.9 | sister of Frida's husband Walter, and Frida often helped Opel with her laundry, chores, |
| 1:35.2 | and cotidian activities, and generally watched out for her octogenarian relative who lived alone. |
| 1:41.3 | But on this day, February 9, Frida was growing more and more worried. |
| 1:46.1 | Opel had not answered the phone when Frida called at 7.45 a.m. Frida had a load of clean, |
| 1:52.0 | folded clothes to drop off for her sister-in-law, and she knew Opel was a very early riser. In fact, |
| 1:57.7 | she was up by six every morning. Frida was very familiar with Opel's routine. |
| 2:02.4 | She knew that Opel typically went out for a morning walk in her St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2:06.5 | neighborhood, around 7.15. |
| 2:09.1 | But Opel didn't answer the phone at 7.45, and she was typically back by then. |
| 2:14.3 | Frida called every five minutes for the next 25. |
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