The Murder of Paula Davenport Part 1: Cold Blooded

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On April 25th, 1978, 24-year-old Hurst, Texas resident Paula Jean Puckett Davenport left home to go bowling with her company’s league. Though she made it to the parking lot, Paula never made it inside the Brunswick Bowlerland. And more troubling, she never made it back home that night. Paula’s parents reported her missing to authorities in Hurst, but a couple days later another jurisdiction, the Fort Worth Police, were called to the scene of a body discovered in a heavily wooded area in the city’s far east. The body belonged to Paula Puckett Davenport. She’d died from gunshot wounds. As a team of experienced detectives investigated, virtually every trail led to a dead end. Every trail, that is, except for one.

We’d like to extend a special thanks to Sara and Eddy Puckett for their contributions to this episode.

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0:00.0	This episode includes descriptions of partner violence.
0:05.0	If you're experiencing domestic abuse, whether physical or psychological, please get help.
0:12.0	One of the most accessible ways to do that is by calling the National Domestic Violence
0:17.2	Hotline at 800 799 safe or 800 799 723. You can also text start START to 88788. At theline.org you'll find other resources available to you, including what to do if you
0:39.2	think someone you know is experiencing domestic violence.
0:44.0	Again, if you are experiencing domestic abuse,
0:47.1	please get help by calling 800 799 safe or 800 799 723
0:56.0	We'll provide the National Domestic Violence Hotline Number and links in this episode's show notes.
1:02.0	The Gone Cole Podcasts may contain In this episode's show notes.
1:03.0	The Gone Cole Podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter.
1:07.0	Listener discretion is advised. And the It just hit me like a ton of bricks right then that if something was wrong.
1:35.0	She would normally be home by that time.
1:38.0	Deep in my gut, I just felt something was wrong with her.
1:40.0	And he put his hand down in the front seat, when he raised his hand up he had blood on his hand.
1:46.0	As soon as he saw the blood he turned around and said, hey, I think this is plenty of evidence of power play. Born on November 19th, 1953, Paula Jean Puckett was adopted when she was 11 months old by Air Force veteran and
2:17.6	crew chief mechanic for American Airlines Everett Jr. Puckett and his wife Ethel May.
2:25.0	Paula's adoptive parents absolutely adored her.
2:28.0	In fact, she was downright doted on from day one.
2:32.0	Ethel loved dressing Paula up to the nines, whether it was for a portrait where she wore a fancy
2:38.7	dress and bow, or for a photo op on a horse, clad in a leather vest, chaps, and straw cowboy hat.
2:47.4	Whichever was the case, Paula's smile was undoubtedly the main attraction.
2:53.4	When talking about her daughter, Ethel was known to make remarks about what a happy child
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