I have a strange relationship with today's case.

It happened a few months before the podcast launched, and I followed the story with

interest. A brutal double murder and a nice suburban neighborhood in Macomb County.

My dad and I talked about it, honestly. We were shocked by this one, because things like

this don't just happen in Clinton Township. It's not that kind of community.

Dad and I figured the case would resolve quickly. After all, Clinton Township has a well-run,

well-staffed police force. The detectives in that community, they've seen a thing or two.

But the case didn't resolve quickly. The investigation was hot at first. There were

promising leads, and then nothing. There was a lot of nothing. I mean, they had leads.

There were tips. People called in with reports, sightings. People who they thought should

be checked out. Unfortunately, it was not the right person or the right lead or the right

tip. So while the case, it was being worked, but it wasn't moving. In the early part of

2019, just a couple of years after the murder, I was living off and on in Clinton Township.

In fact, I lived just a couple of miles from where the crime took place.

Back in January of 2019, I learned that my father was dying. In order to care for him,

I was splitting my time between his apartment in Clinton Township and my home in Oakland

County. Being in Clinton Township, driving through that community, checking out the neighborhood

where the crime happened, my interest in the case increased. I took time to talk to the

department. I talked to reporters. Heck, I was even interviewed for a story about this

case. And if you'd like to read the story, I put a link in the show notes.

The murder of Jim and Christy McEw was never far from my mind, but the time never seemed

right to create an episode about it. Then in late 2020, I started a new side project,

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