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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: The Monster

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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0:00.0

A monster, by definition, is an imaginary creature.

0:09.0

But so many times people refer to rapists and murderers as monsters.

0:15.0

I think we do that because we're scared.

0:18.0

We don't want to believe that a human is capable of such horrific acts.

0:22.7

No one wants to believe that one of our friends or family members could become one of

0:27.2

society's most hated. The reality is, though, murderers and rapists are simply humans

0:35.3

whose life experiences warp their sense of right and wrong.

0:39.8

In many cases, it's a cycle that goes unnoticed until it's too late.

0:44.8

In this case, a sexual predator, Charles Ray Vines, has been labeled as a monster.

0:54.1

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

0:57.5

I'm Brooke, and here's the iconic Bill Curtis with a classic case, The Monster.

1:06.9

10 a.m. on a Sunday morning, and church begins to fill. J.W. McCalpin is a regular at the Phoenix

1:14.4

Village Baptist Church and notices an empty pew, one usually occupied by a 58-year-old Juanita Wofford.

1:23.6

If she could get here, she was here. Anytime I'm trying the door is open, she was here.

1:30.0

After church, McCalbett and a friend Paywaffe had a visit

1:33.1

and immediately realized something is a miss.

1:40.1

The living room door were partially opened,

1:43.0

so we opened the storm door so we could kind of see all we could see was travel blood going through the house a call is made to police fort Smith detective randy cook is the first to arrive and when we entered the residence there was forced entry to the front door.

2:02.5

There was obvious signs of violence, and Ms. Wofford was in her bed and had been obviously

2:09.4

assaulted and murdered.

2:12.7

Joining Cook at the scene, homicide captain J.C. Ryder.

2:17.3

Sexual predators made an attack here. The perpetrator didn't take anything from the house.

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