The Trail Went Cold - Episode 173 - Chad Maurer

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

May 19, 1990. Madison, Wisconsin. After coming home from his job at a bicycle shop to grab food during his lunch break, 19-year old Chad Maurer tells his parents that he is going to return to his workplace, but he soon turns up missing. Two days later, Chad’s body is found in his car inside a garage on the South Side of Chicago and his cause of death is determined to be carbon monoxide poisoning. While the police initially believe that Chad’s death was a suicide, there are numerous bruises and injuries on his body which seem to indicate foul play. Chad’s parents receive information to suggest he may have been murdered because he became involved in drug trafficking, but there are no conclusive answers about what happened to him. This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” explores the bizarre case of a young man who turned up dead under mysterious circumstances at a location over 150 miles from his home. In addition, we will also discuss the strange 1988 death of 25-year old Kenneth Engie, who also succumbed to carbon monoxide inside his garage in his hometown of Edmore, North Dakota. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/chad-maurer/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-12-11-9104210361-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-08-mn-6302-story.html https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/doug-moe/doug-moe-twenty-five-years-on-remembering-chad/article_6a943b8e-e3de-5e6d-8d0d-602f290fa507.html https://mytruecrime.com/the-mysterious-death-of-chad-maurer/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-12-11-9104210361-story.html https://unsolved.com/gallery/kenneth-engie/ “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	Hello everyone, before we begin the episode, I would just like to make a brief announcement.
0:04.5	As you may or may not have heard, the Trail Went cold has just partnered with a new streaming service
0:09.5	called Get Vocal, enjoying their True Crime Thursday's lineup, which consists of several notable
0:15.6	True Crime podcasts. So from now on, every Thursday night from 7 till 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
0:22.7	I will be hosting a live streaming session in which I chat with you the listeners.
0:27.5	I will be discussing the featured case on that particular week's episode of The Trail Went Cold
0:32.7	and various other True Crime topics, and if you join our interactive sessions,
0:37.1	you can ask me questions or chat with me live. I will be providing a direct link to our channel
0:42.8	in the show notes, but for more information about True Crime Thursday's, please visit the website
0:48.6	GetVocal.com-dashboard-true-crime. That's g-e-t-b-o-k-l.com-dashbord-true-crime. Thank you and enjoy
1:02.6	the episode. May 19th 1990. Madison, Wisconsin. After coming home to grab some food during his lunch break,
1:13.7	19-year-old Chad Mauer tells his parents that he is going to return to his workplace,
1:18.3	but he soon goes missing. Two days later, Chad's body is found in his car inside a garage on the
1:24.4	south side of Chicago, and he is succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. While the police initially
1:30.1	believed that Chad's death was a suicide, there are numerous bruises and injuries on his body,
1:35.3	which seem to indicate he was the victim of foul play. Chad's parents receive information to
1:40.8	suggest that he may have been murdered because he became involved with drug trafficking,
1:45.6	but there are no conclusive answers about his death. After that, the trail went cold.
2:10.8	Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold. I'm your host Robin
2:31.6	Warder, and we've got another bizarre cold case to cover today. The unexplained 1990 death of Chad
2:39.2	as you might know, this story was featured on Unsolved Mysteries, and I've received numerous
2:44.0	request to cover it since the inception of this podcast. It involves a young man who vanished
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