S3 Ep267: Jason Burgeson & Amy Shute: Golf Course Double Homicide (Part 2)

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

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Providence, Rhode Island, is the capital and the largest city in the state, known for its rich history, vibrant arts scene, and unique mix of old-world charm and modern urban development. As one of the oldest cities in the United States, founded in 1636, Providence was a refuge for those seeking religious freedom, which has laid the foundation for the city’s commitment to diversity and tolerance. The city is also home to some of the most prestigious universities in the United States, including Brown University, an Ivy League school, and the Rhode Island School of Design. With so many college students, you would expect Providence to also have a thriving nightlife, which can be found downtown where a variety of bars, clubs, and live music venues wait to welcome students who want to socialize and let loose in the evenings and on weekends. For such a large and busy city, you would also expect that Providence has its share of crime, and while the city does have some issues with violent crime, property crimes such as burglary and motor vehicle theft are far more common. But what happens when a basic carjacking turns violent for seemingly no reason whatsoever? In June of 2000, 20-year-old Jason Burgeson and 21-year-old Amy Shute found themselves in the crosshairs of five nefarious men who were prowling the streets of Providence, looking to get into trouble. Jason and Amy were spotted by a Providence police officer around 2:15 AM on June 9th; the couple was chatting in the parking lot of Tommy’s Bar and Grille in downtown Providence. Less than 12 hours later, their bodies were found slumped against hay bales at the Button Hole Golf course, located on the border of Providence and Johnstown, Rhode Island. They had been murdered in cold blood, and it was up to the investigators to figure out what had happened to them and why.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Crime Weekly. I'm Stephanie Harlow.
0:15.9	And I'm Derek Lavasar. So today we are diving into part two of the Jason,
0:19.9	Bergeson, and Amy Amy shootcase and we're going
0:22.3	to be wrapping this case up tonight. So we will be starting a new case next week. But where
0:29.6	do you feel we're at with this case so far? I mean, we covered that the night of, but we didn't
0:35.1	get into the, you know, the nitty gritty of what happened to
0:38.8	Jason and Amy yet.
0:39.8	No, we, we're going to get into the worst.
0:41.4	There was a couple things.
0:42.4	So after we, after we covered the episode and you were down in Providence last week and
0:48.1	got to meet some of my cop buddies, I don't know how many of them you met, but one of them
0:52.5	actually came up to me, and I'm surprised I remembered this because I had a couple of celebratory drinks.
0:56.9	But one of them said, LOW is actually, it's pronounced Luff.
1:00.9	So that's one thing.
1:01.7	Officer L-O-U-G-H.
1:03.2	Yeah, I guess he pronounces it luff.
1:04.7	And without getting to too many specifics, there wasn't, he didn't have too much on it. He said he's no longer a police officer. He said he didn't, he didn't finish out his career. He didn't, he said that from what he had heard, because this was a Providence cop that was, that came up to me. He was a go-getter. He used to do his thing, but there were some complications. There were some things that he did not finish his career. Do you think because of what happened to Jason and Amy? No. No, no, it wasn't that. It wasn't that. I did ask him. I said,
1:28.7	was it that. And he said, no. It was something that happened maybe a year or two later. And it wasn't
1:32.6	even one specific thing. He just said a couple things went wrong. But I, but I remember asking him,
1:38.3	you know, is this, uh, is this something that could have been kind of tied back to that where maybe he was affected by
1:44.7	he goes absolutely you know there's no doubt it's something where the could have should or woulda
1:49.4	right and if he had just pulled up to them you know nose to nose which i've done before you
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