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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 165 – Todd McAfee

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

August 18, 1987. Manatee County, Florida. Todd McAfee, the 27-year old manager of a tomato farm, is discovered to be missing from his trailer after his employees arrive for work. Todd’s body is soon found in a nearby drainage ditch and he has been shot four times. Since a valuable gun collection was stolen from […]

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0:00.0

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0:21.2

August 18th, 1987

0:24.7

Manatee County, Florida

0:27.2

Todd McCaffey, the 27-year-old manager of a tomato farm, is discovered to be missing from his

0:32.9

trailer after his employees arrive for work. Todd's body is soon discovered in a drainage

0:38.4

ditch and he has been shot four times. Since a valuable gun collection was stolen from Todd's trailer,

0:44.8

he was apparently killed during a burglary and police investigated citing some suspects

0:50.0

who were seen in the area in an orange van on the day of the crime. Years later,

0:55.6

Todd's former housekeeper is indicted for his murder,

0:58.8

but the charges are dropped when the case against her falls apart and the crime continues to

1:03.5

remain unsolved. After that, the trail went cold.

1:26.0

Hello, everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.

1:47.9

I'm your host Robin Warner and today we're going to tackle a cold case which was featured on one

1:52.8

of the rarest segments of unsolved mysteries, the 1987 murder of Todd McCaffey.

1:59.2

Todd ran a tomato farm in rural Florida before he was shot to death during an apparent burglary

2:04.6

of his trailer. Todd's former housekeeper was eventually charged with his murder after she

2:10.2

allegedly confessed her involvement in the crime to a jailhouse informant, but the charges would

2:15.2

be dropped after the informant recanted his story. The case would be featured on an episode of

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