The Deadly Ex
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
4.1 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A mother disappears and her voicemails lead detectives to the body. But the case goes cold until over a decade later when an informant discloses critical clues to turn the suspect into a convicted murderer.
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| 0:00.0 | Before text messages, there was voicemail. |
| 0:07.0 | And before that, there were answering machines. |
| 0:10.0 | Little devices that plugged into a landline to answer your phone when you couldn't. |
| 0:14.0 | No matter how you get your messages now, |
| 0:17.0 | would they provide an accurate picture of your life? |
| 0:20.0 | Cheryl Petrie had an answering machine. |
| 0:25.0 | And on October 16, 1988, it recorded several calls. |
| 0:29.0 | She never heard those messages though. |
| 0:32.0 | It wasn't that same day. |
| 0:34.0 | Cheryl was murdered. |
| 0:40.0 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm Brooke, and here's the unrivaled Bill Curtis, |
| 0:46.0 | with a classic case, the Deadly X. |
| 0:49.0 | Cheryl, this is Marcelo. |
| 0:52.0 | It's 836. |
| 0:55.0 | Are you supposed to open the store today? |
| 0:57.0 | Bye. |
| 0:59.0 | Cheryl, this is Betsy. |
| 1:01.0 | It's 9 o'clock, and I'm at the store. |
| 1:03.0 | Could you get up here as soon as possible? |
| 1:05.0 | Thanks. |
| 1:07.0 | On a Sunday morning, an answering machine belonging to Cheryl Petrie, |
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