While on a business trip in 1986, Ed Poe spent the morning jogging near his hotel in downtown St. Louis.

When he returned to his hotel room, he discovered his wife, Dan, in the bathtub.

The medical examiner ruled the death was by drowning, presumably accidental.

But homicide investigators weren't so sure.

Ed Poe met Julie Thigpen when they were both students at the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1960s.

They married in 1967, had two daughters and moved to New Orleans.

Ed went to work in the real estate business.

His outgoing personality and sophisticated manner made him a successful salesman right from the start.

I thought Ed was a good fellow.

Why did you expect a real estate salesman to be kind of relentlessly cheerful?

After a few years, Ed Poe became part owner of the Wagner True Acts real estate firm.

Julie Poe's also joined the company and was very successful, selling over a million dollars of real estate every year from 1982 on.

In June of 1986, the Poe's attended a real estate convention in St. Louis, Missouri at the Omni Hotel at Union Station.

On the morning of June 3rd, Ed Poe decided to go jogging before the meeting started.

He said he drew his life a bath and woke her before leaving around 7 a.m.

On his way out, he thanked the hotel's concierge for a suggestion she made to the post the day before.

Really wonderful. Have a nice run.

Ed Poe's jog pass Bush Stadium.

Around the city's famous arch and returned to the hotel at 740.

How was your run?

When he entered his hotel room, he said he discovered his wife lying face down and unconscious in the bathtub.

After pulling her body from the water, he called for an ambulance at 743.

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