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Underestimated - Bobcat Media

S1 Ep20: Beverly Wivell

Underestimated - Bobcat Media

Underestimated - Bobcat Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.9541 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Beverly Wivell was a 30 year old woman who died on the corner of Gotfredson and Ford road on September 18th, 1989. Although her case went cold for nearly 35 years, a man has now been apprehended in connection with her murder.

Transcript

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0:00.0

They think we're lazy. They think we're weak-willed. They think we're weak-willed. They think we're lazy.

0:23.2

They think we're weak-willed.

0:25.6

They think we're entitled.

0:28.1

They think we're selfish.

0:31.9

They think we don't care about anybody but ourselves.

0:38.8

We are compassionate.

0:41.4

We are resourceful.

0:43.5

We are capable.

0:47.4

We want to make a difference in the world.

0:50.1

We are underestimated. We are underestimated. We closed our last episode with a small introduction of Beverly Wivel, where I tease that she may have a connection to our first case,

1:11.8

Paid Rencosky. They were both at Griffin Park prior to their attacks. Their cars had both been

1:17.2

found running with their belongings inside, and they were both the same age. I discovered

1:22.1

Beverly's murder case through a newspaper that mentioned this connection, but unfortunately

1:26.4

that source didn't have

1:27.6

much to say about her murder beyond that. To make matters worse, scarcely anyone was talking about her

1:33.0

at that time. I didn't want Beverly's tragedy to be lost or forgotten, so I told my group we would

1:38.8

be turning our focus toward her as we moved forward. I started my search by digging up old newspapers from Canton Township

1:45.6

around the time of her murder, but those provided very little information. Intent on learning more

1:51.0

about Beverly, I filed a FOIA request with five different agencies, until one would respond

1:56.4

for something useful. The fifth and final FOIA request was sent in on a Friday with the expectation

2:01.8

of an email response by Monday, which is why I was surprised when only 20 minutes later, my phone

2:08.3

was ringing with an unknown but verified caller ID. A superior township officer had called to

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