The Trail Went Cold - Episode 143 - Charlie Anderson & Carol Montecalvo

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

January 24, 1987. Burbank, California. 35-year old Charlie Anderson, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, returns to his suburban home with his wife and two children. He is shot to death after entering the house in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong. Over one year later, 43-year old Carol Montecalvo is shot to death inside her home, which is located only four blocks away from the Anderson residence, creating suspicion that the two crimes are connected. However, Carol’s husband, Dan Montecalvo, is eventually convicted of her murder, but maintains they were both attacked by intruders. Even though a woman named Suzan Brown confesses to being involved in both these crimes, her claims are dismissed. Was Dan Montecalvo actually responsible for his wife’s murder? Did the same person who shot Carol also kill Charlie Anderson? Or could Charlie have actually been murdered by someone he knew and trusted? We shall examine both these cases on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” and explore their possible connections. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/charlie-anderson/ https://www.dailynews.com/2007/01/29/probe-ongoing-in-cops-slaying/ http://articles.burbankleader.com/2002-01-26/news/export11305_1_burbank-police-off-duty-police-officer-tim-stehr http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-02/news/mn-524_1_hearing-shots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Montecalvo_case https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dan_Montecalvo “Final Vows: Murder, Madness and Twisted Justice in California” by Karen Kingsbury “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	January 24th, 1987. Burbank, California.
0:06.4	35-year-old Charlie Anderson, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,
0:11.6	returns to a suburban home with his wife and two children,
0:14.9	but is shot to death after entering the house.
0:17.7	One year later, 43-year-old Carol Monte Calvo is shot to death inside her her home only four blocks away, creating suspicion that the two crimes are connected.
0:27.0	However, Carol's husband, Dan Montecavo, is eventually charged and convicted of her murder, and while another woman confesses
0:35.1	to being involved in both of these crimes, her claims are dismissed, and Charlie Anderson's
0:39.9	murder remains unsolved. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:54.3	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, yes. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:05.0	and uh, and uh,
1:06.0	uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:25.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be covering two cases which were covered on
1:29.6	unsolved mysteries.
1:31.1	The 1987 murder of Charlie Anderson, and the 1988 murder of Carol Montecalvo.
1:37.0	But what makes this episode particularly unique is that one of these cases is technically considered to be solved.
1:43.5	Charlie Anderson was a veteran deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
1:46.9	Department, but while Unsaw Mysteries featured quite a few cases involving murdered police
1:51.8	officers, this one is a bit different than most.
1:55.0	Instead of being killed in the line of duty, Charlie was shot to death inside his own house while returning home with his wife and children.
2:02.0	Initially, there was speculation that this was a while returning home with his wife and children.
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