The Trail Went Cold - Episode 111 - Tracey Kirkpatrick

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

March 15, 1989. Frederick, Maryland. 17-year old Tracey Kirkpatrick spends the evening working alone at a shopping center clothing store. Nearly two hours after the store was supposed to have been closed, a security guard discovers Tracey’s body in the rear storage room and she has been stabbed seven times. Three months later, a man calling himself “Don” phones a national confession hotline and claims that he is responsible for Tracey’s murder. Police manage to track down a promising suspect, but find no evidence that he was involved in the crime. However, as the years go on, rumours start to circulate about another suspect being the perpetrator. Was the confession to Tracey Kirkpatrick’s murder genuine or nothing more than a hoax? Was a cover-up orchestrated to protect the real killer? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” we cover a controversial 30-year old cold case which some people believe should have been solved a long time ago. We would like to thank Postmates for sponsoring this episode of The Trail Went Cold. For a limited time, Postmates is giving you $100 of free delivery credit for your first 7 days. To start your free deliveries, download the Postmates app, and use the promo code “COLD”. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/tracey-kirkpatrick/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-03-16-0903150097-story.html https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/cops_and_crime/who-killed-tracey-kirkpatrick/article_53efa27e-793f-5871-8719-435bd265f58f.html https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/he-lived-it-he-breathed-it/article_3f5be63f-159a-5fc5-a861-77542b082ea1.html “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	Before we begin this episode, we would like to send out a special thanks to our new sponsor
0:04.4	Postmates for supporting the Trail Went Cold.
0:07.5	As usual, your stomach and the rest of your life are at war.
0:11.0	You need to eat, but you can't stop what you're doing to deal with it, and the only
0:15.0	fast things that deliver are not what you want. For a limited time, Postmates is giving you $100
0:21.3	of free delivery credit for your first seven days.
0:24.4	To start your free deliveries, download the Postmates app and use the promo code cold.
0:30.2	Once again, download the Postmates app and the promo code is cold.
0:35.0	Thank you and enjoy the show.
0:37.0	March 15th, 1989.
0:41.0	Frederick, Maryland 9. Nearly two hours after the store was supposed to have been closed, a security guard discovers
0:55.2	Tracy's body in the storage room and she has been stabbed seven times.
0:59.9	Three months later, a man calling himself Dawn phones a national confession hotline and
1:05.2	claims that he is responsible for Tracy's murder.
1:08.4	Police tracked down a promising suspect and are unable to link him to the crime, but as the years go on, rumors start to circulate about
1:16.0	another suspect being the killer and that a cover-up was orchestrated to protect him.
1:21.2	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:34.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, yeah.
1:43.0	Oh, uh, uh, so, uh,
1:45.0	and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:48.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello, my name is Don and I'm calling from Frederick Maryland.
2:07.0	I know this is going to sound surprising, but three months ago I stabbed the girl to death.
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