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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

PRECIOUS FEW CLUES-Marla Bernard

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On an unseasonably warm April evening in 2001, the headless body of a tiny girl was found discarded in a makeshift dump site in the woods on the southeast side of Kansas City, Missouri.One long night turned into four long years for Sgt. David Bernard and the Kansas City Police Department’s 1020 Squad. They followed 1,500 leads, had a replica of the child’s head sculpted from her skull, and ultimately conducted the single most extensive area canvass in the KCPD's history. Erica Michelle Marie Green, aka “Precious Doe,” captured the hearts of not only the dedicated detectives who fought tirelessly to identify her and her killer but of an entire community. PRECIOUS FEW CLUES is a candid and touching account of the painful impact that this brutal murder had on Sgt. Bernard, his family, and the KCPD’s 1020 squad. It chronicles the all too frequent story of child abuse, failed social services, a flawed court system, and battered women who sacrificed their own children to shield their abusive lovers, echoing the same preposterous explanations of “…but I love him.” PRECIOUS FEW CLUES: The True Crime Investigation of Kansas City's "Precious Doe" Murder-Marla Bernard








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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History,

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and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,

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talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

0:27.7

True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufantke.

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Good evening.

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On an unseasonably warm April evening in 2001, the headless body of a tiny girl was found

0:50.3

discarded in a makeshift dump site in the woods on the southeast side of Kansas City, Missouri.

0:57.0

One long night turned into four long years for Sergeant David Bernard and the Kansas City

1:01.8

Police Department's 1020 squad.

1:04.5

They followed 1500 leads at a replica of the child's head sculpted from her skull, and

1:09.7

ultimately conducted the single most extensive area canvas in the Kansas City Police Department's

1:15.7

history.

1:16.7

Erica Michelle Marie Green, aka Prussia's Doe, captured the hearts of not only the dedicated

1:23.0

detectives who fought tirelessly to identify her in a killer, but of an entire community.

1:30.0

Prussia's few clues is a candid and touching account of the painful impact that this brutal

1:36.0

murder had on Sergeant Bernard, his family, and the Kansas City Police Department's 1020 squad.

1:43.0

I chronicles the all-too-frequent story of child abuse, failed social services, a flawed

1:48.9

court system, and battered women who sacrificed their own children to shield the abuse of lovers,

1:54.9

echoing the same preposterous explanations of, but I love him.

1:59.9

The book that we're featuring this evening is Precious Few Clues.

2:03.8

The true crime investigation of Kansas City's Precious Doe Murder with my special guest,

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