The Cufflink
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A woman is found murdered in a Michigan park, bound with police-grade, plastic handcuffs. Investigator’s prime suspect is found with identical cuffs in his possession, but without any additional clues detectives must get creative to link his cuffs to their evidence.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. |
| 0:10.0 | Use your best judgment. |
| 0:13.0 | On June 10, 1986, Jeanette Kirby followed her normal routine like she would have done on any other Tuesday. |
| 0:25.1 | She got up, went to work, and after work, she went for a walk right around sunset. |
| 0:31.1 | It was something she had done before, many times. |
| 0:34.4 | But this time, something went terribly wrong. |
| 0:40.3 | Jeanette went missing somewhere along her walking trail in the Michigan wilderness. |
| 0:44.3 | No one heard or saw a thing, but she didn't come home that night. |
| 0:48.3 | And the next morning, Jeanette's mother Muriel waited for her daughter to arrive for breakfast, |
| 0:55.4 | just like they had planned. |
| 1:00.0 | Jeanette didn't show up. |
| 1:03.3 | And Muriel would never see her daughter alive again. |
| 1:15.4 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. Muriel Kirby didn't let panic get the best of her. |
| 1:18.5 | When Jeanette didn't show, she assumed there was a simple, logical explanation. |
| 1:22.9 | I started calling Jeanette's office and talked to her supervisor. |
| 1:28.1 | And she and I communicated all day long because Jeanette wasn't there. |
| 1:32.9 | And she didn't answer her phone at home. |
| 1:36.4 | And that afternoon, I realized something's wrong. |
| 1:39.1 | This is not Jeanette. |
| 1:43.7 | Things were getting serious. It wasn't like Jeanette to Things were getting serious. |
| 1:45.9 | It wasn't like Jeanette to skip work, |
| 1:48.0 | especially without at least calling first. |
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