The Murder of Rene Cote, Part One

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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1946 - Brockton, Massachusetts. In the early morning hours of December 28, 1946, Brockton Police were called to a grisly scene at the Cote family apartment: Beside an overturned Christmas tree, amid shattered ornaments and tinsel, lay the bloodied body of 35-year-old Rene Cote. His wife, Bertha Surprise Cote, claimed that two men had broken in and brutally beaten her husband to death. The police couldn’t overlook the couple’s turbulent history—marked by infidelity, crime, and violent disputes—but Rene’s reputation had earned him no shortage of enemies. The list of potential suspects seemed endless. Just when investigators believed they’d identified the perpetrator, a cold-blooded killer surfaced—hidden in plain sight. ***Part 2 of 2 will be released on December 17th*** Episode sources and photos: Check back later today for blog post! Support the show: https://www.murdershetold.com/support Instagram: @murdershetoldpodcast TikTok: @murdershetold Facebook: /mstpodcast Website: murdershetold.com ----- Sponsors: HoneyLove: Get 20% OFF at honeylove.com/SHETOLD Jenni Kayne: Get 15% off with code SHETOLD15 at jennikayne.com/SHETOLD15 Masterclass: Get up to 50% off at masterclass.com/SHETOLD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.6	I'm Kristen Ceevy. This is Murder She Told.
1:50.0	This episode has themes of domestic violence. Please listen with care. When patrolman Albert Blood first saw the tinsel, the words that popped into his mind were angel hair. He wouldn't have considered himself a tree dressing expert, but he knew that was the name for the thin, stringy variety of strands that lay in the snow.
1:59.0	Gossamer strands of the stuff filled the tracks that led from the
2:01.9	back of the apartment building to the street out front. It gleamed red and gold in the beam of
2:07.4	his flashlight. Officer Blood had left one of his men on the front porch of the building with
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