previously on Unsolved.

The father was almost decapitated.

To me, that just speaks of somebody or of overkill,

somebody who was very angry.

There's indications on his body that there was a struggle.

He was a golden glove boxer, and he was in excellent shape for his age.

So we believe that he probably got some good blows off punches to the off

offender because there were indications, you know, to his hands that he had been in a pretty

good fight.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,

this is Unsolved Season 3.

The Devil You Know.

I'm Gina Barton.

Father Alfred Coons met Morris Smith at Brian's Diner, which was just over five miles from St. Michael.

He was a frequent customer there, and she was a waitress.

I remember his favorite breakfast was poach days.

Poach days, orange juice, straight black coffee.

Morris Smith was the mother of two young boys.

She had served in the Marines and worked as a sheriff's deputy down in Arkansas.

She moved back home to Wisconsin after her marriage broke up.

But when she got here, she couldn't get a job in law enforcement.

So she took the waitressing job to pay the rent.

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