REOPENED: Eyes of a Killer
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A violent robbery in February, 2010 caused Michael Temple Jr. to become quadriplegic for five years before his death. DNA taken from a knife used in the attack helps to create a profile of the killer.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains descriptions of violence. |
| 0:03.6 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:08.3 | There was a huge shadow over us of who could have possibly done this. |
| 0:12.3 | If not a friend, then who? |
| 0:15.2 | Everybody that I looked at, I started wondering, is it this guy? |
| 0:19.2 | Is it this person? |
| 0:20.6 | Who would possibly do this? |
| 0:22.0 | The only way that I can really describe your world being blown apart is devastation and loss. |
| 0:30.4 | A part of me died that night. |
| 0:33.3 | A piece of my innocence, a piece of my hope, all of my dreams, gone. |
| 0:39.2 | It changed me and not for the better. |
| 0:42.6 | There are 120,000 unsolved murders in America. |
| 0:47.0 | Each one is a cold case. |
| 0:49.1 | Only 1% are ever solved. |
| 0:51.8 | This is one of those rare stories. |
| 1:01.5 | Thank you. are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. It's a dark and snowy night in Odinton, Maryland on February 2, 2010. Michael Temple |
| 1:07.8 | Jr. and Margaret Ridgely are returning to their home after spending the evening celebrating Michael's mother's birthday. |
| 1:14.6 | As the young couple pulls up outside their home, they're surprised to find their friend Kelly waiting on their doorstep. |
| 1:21.0 | Kelly needed to use our computer to get a money transfer. |
| 1:24.3 | So we walk inside to my bedroom so that Kelly could use our computer for a little bit. |
| 1:30.0 | Michael and Margaret met on a blind date while Margaret was in her junior year of high school. |
| 1:34.6 | Michael was three years older than Margaret. They hit it off immediately, especially after Margaret |
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