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Morning Cup of Murder

The Fathers Day Attacks - June 16 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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SUMMER MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/  Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ June 16th: Samuel Charles Wright Kills (2002) Some victims are considered more helpless than others. On June 16th 2002 an elderly man and his daughter disappeared after Father’s Day weekend and, in their absence, their money was used all over town by men who, desperate for finances, chose victims that they knew they could easily overpower.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://www.dailynews.com/2011/03/10/jury-weighs-life-or-death-sentence-for-murder-of-father-daughter-in-lake-arrowhead/, , https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2011/02/17/defendant-gives-gruesome-details-of-lake-arrowhead-murders/, https://www.dailybreeze.com/2011/03/17/judge-declares-mistrial-after-jury-cant-agree-on-life-or-death-sentence-for-convicted-murderer/, https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2011/01/10/man-tells-of-party-arrest/, http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/showthread.php?5133-Wright-and-Holeman-Guilty-in-2002-CA-Slayings-of-John-Painter-and-Barbara-Martin-May-Face-Death-Penalty, https://www.sbsun.com/2011/01/02/trial-in-deadly-attack-to-begin/, https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20130719041, https://www.presstelegram.com/2011/01/24/defendants-own-words-presented-at-trial-in-lake-arrowhead-deaths/, https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2011/01/11/deputy-tells-of-finding-2-bodies/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.8

When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird hummus.

0:12.7

Some victims are considered more helpless than others.

0:17.8

On June 16, 2002, an elderly man and his daughter disappeared after Father's Day weekend.

0:24.3

And, in their absence, their money was used all over town by men who, desperate for finances,

0:31.3

shows victims that they knew they could easily overpower. So if you like your coffee hot but your

0:36.6

bones chilled, sit back and search your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:44.7

In the 1960s, a man named John Painter purchased a lake front home in Lake Arrowhead, California,

0:51.0

with the intention of spending the summers and weekends vacationing with his family

0:54.7

and renting out the property for the rest of the year. Unfortunately for John, his wife Janet

1:00.4

died of cancer in the late 60s, and, devastated by the loss, John put all of his attention on his family.

1:08.1

He would later remarry, but later in life, he developed dementia and had to

1:12.0

hand over his driver's license, which meant that his adult children had to take turns caring for

1:17.7

their elderly father. However, the job usually fell on Janet Fisher, who often took her father

1:23.5

up to the mountains so they could boat around the lake he loved so much.

1:33.8

In June of 2002, Janet, who was in desperate need of a vacation, made her way to Hawaii and left her car and her father in the care of her youngest sister, 58-year-old Barbara

1:39.5

Martin, who happily agreed to take 87-year-old John out to Lake Arrowhead.

1:44.9

What the sisters did not know is that, while they made plans for their father's care,

1:50.3

another man was making plans of his own for John Painter,

1:54.3

a man named Samuel Charles Wright.

1:57.5

Samuel had, over the years, done a few odd jobs around the house for John Painter,

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