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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 155 - Update!

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 200 unsolved cold cases on the podcast, but a decent number of these cases have either wound up being solved or had some significant developments take place. Examples include the disappearance of Pamela Butler, the murder of Jodine Serrin, the disappearance of 12-year old Jonelle Matthews, and the murder of an unidentified Jane Doe known only as “Orange Socks”. In this special “update” episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will kick off 2020 by chronicling all the major developments which have occurred in these stories over the past four years. Special thanks to actress Kaniehtiio Horn for providing the opening narration on this episode. Please check out her podcast, “A Coffee With My Ma” (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/coffee-with-my-ma/id1372866076). This episode also contains a promo for the true crime podcast, “Already Gone” (http://www.alreadygonepodcast.com). This episode of “The Trail Went Cold” is brought to you by HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/COLD10 and use code “COLD10” during HelloFresh’s New Year’s sale for 10 free meals including free shipping. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/pamela-j-butler https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/eight-years-after-pamela-butler-disappeared-from-her-dc-home-her-killer-admits-guilt/2017/10/06/5c8134e2-aa9f-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/imprisoned-for-killing-one-woman-dc-area-man-is-charged-with-murder-in-another-womans-death/2019/10/18/d1700a2a-f1ca-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/jodine-serrin-carlsbad-cold-case-murder-suspect-david-mabrito/168412/ https://www.statesman.com/news/20190807/40-years-after-her-death-debra-jackson-of-abilene-identified-as-orange-socks https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-dorado-jane-doe_n_5c48cc72e4b025aa26bf852d https://www.candgnews.com/news/judge-overwhelming-evidence-in-galloway-case-114983 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49661128 https://coloradosun.com/2019/10/01/jonelle-matthews-greeley-police-murder-cold-case-pankey/ https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-andrea-kuiper-identification-20170512-htmlstory.html https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2018/12/23/hatbox-baby-great-arizona-mystery-new-clues-solve-sharon-elliott/2301185002/ https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/08/tracy-kroh-timeline-years-of-searching-recently-an-arrest-but-will-the-mystery-finally-end.html https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-witness-backs-up-gardas-theory-that-trevor-deely-killed-in-row-with-gang-38755889.html https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20171218/tempest-convicted-second-time-in-1982-murder https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2019/10/19/state-attorney-rejects-death-row-inmates-dna-appeal/ https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article235188057.html https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/dale-kerstetter-gone-platinum https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/dale-kerstetter-gone-platinum-2-the-mystery-deepens https://the-record-newspaper.tumblr.com/archive https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/12/newburgh-heights-police-tiffin-university-students-partner-up-to-investigate-1981-cold-case-death-of-kurt-sova.html https://www.cbs46.com/news/exclusive-a-possible-crack-in-the-cold-cases-of-mary/article_38603214-f6c1-11e9-b397-97fdb9832a0f.html https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-the-millbrook-twins/crime-news/disappearance-of-the-millbrook-twins-richmond “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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We would like to send out a special thanks to HelloFresh for supporting the trail went cold.

0:04.4

HelloFresh lets you just cook, eat and enjoy.

0:07.8

Go to HelloFresh.com slash cold10 and use code cold10

0:13.7

during HelloFresh's New Year's sale per 10 free meals, including free shipping.

0:18.6

Thank you and enjoy the episode.

0:23.3

April 8, 2017.

0:26.6

Washington, DC.

0:28.6

Police announced the arrest of 51-year-old Jose Rodriguez Cruz after charging him with first degree murder.

0:36.0

Eight years earlier, Jose's former girlfriend, 47-year-old Pamela Butler,

0:41.7

vanished from her home, and while her body had still not been found,

0:46.1

investigators were able to build up a strong enough case against Jose to pursue murder charges.

0:52.0

This would mark the first time that a cold case featured on the trail went cold,

0:57.4

was solved, but it would not be the last.

1:00.8

Over the past three years, a number of cases from the podcast have either been solved

1:05.7

or featured some very significant developments.

1:09.9

After that, the trail did not go cold.

1:15.0

So I guess you could say update.

1:26.9

Happy New Year, everyone and welcome to our first official trail went cold episode of 2020.

1:50.1

I'm your host, Robert Warder, and we're going to be kicking off the year by doing something

1:54.5

a little different from the norm. If you grew up watching Unsolved Mysteries,

1:58.9

you'll probably remember the thrill of tuning in and hearing Robert Stack under the iconic word,

2:04.7

update, before he shared a new development in a case which had been featured on the show.

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