The Trail Went Cold - Episode 25 - Hugues de la Plaza

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

June 2, 2007. San Francisco, California. Hugues de la Plaza, a 36-year old sound engineer with dual French and American citizenship, returns to his apartment after spending the evening at a club. When morning hits, Hugues is found stabbed to death. Since a security camera shows no one else heading in the direction of Hugues’ apartment that night, police explore the possibility that Hugues committed suicide and his death is classified as “undetermined”. However, Hugues’ family discover disturbing discrepancies which point to murder, so they are forced to bring in the National Police from France to seek justice for his death. In this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we examine a very controversial case which prompted an international police force to take over an American investigation. Additional Reading: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-a-case-for-murder/ http://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/no-exit-san-francisco-police-have-ensured-that-hugues-de-la-plaza-will-dwell-eternally-in-bureaucratic-limbo/Content?oid=2826340 http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Homicide-or-suicide-Man-s-death-a-mystery-3219748.php http://hoodline.com/2013/06/in-pursuit-of-justice-the-story-of-hugues-de-la-plaza 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	June 2nd, 2007.
0:03.4	San Francisco, California.
0:06.8	Oug de la Plaza, a 36-year-old sound engineer with dual French and American citizenship returns to his apartment after spending the evening at a club.
0:16.0	When morning hits, Oog is found stabbed to death.
0:20.0	Since the security camera shows no one else heading in the direction of Oog's apartment that night,
0:25.0	police explore the possibility that Oog committed suicide and his death is classified as undetermined.
0:32.0	However, Oog's family discovered disturbing discrepancies which suggest he was
0:36.6	murdered and are forced to bring in the national police from France to conduct a proper
0:41.0	investigation. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, and uh,
0:54.0	uh, for, uh, uh, uh, yeah.
1:03.0	Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, so, uh, and 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 will be covering a case which was requested a few months ago by a French listener named Tierry, the suspicious 2007 death of Oug de la Plaza.
1:37.2	The victim here was originally born in France, but moved to the United States and attained
1:41.5	dual citizenship. His death has received some mainstream coverage
1:45.2	in North America and was the subject of an episode of 48 hours in 2009, but due to the controversial
1:51.8	nature of this case, it has gotten a lot more play in the French media.
1:56.0	Now I know I've been critical of police investigations in some of the previous cases I've covered,
2:01.0	and I don't want anyone to think I have some sort of anti-law
2:04.5	enforcement stance. Most of the time they do a phenomenal job. However this
2:09.1	particular case contains what is undoubtedly the worst police investigation I've ever featured on this
2:15.1	podcast and I guarantee that your head is going to explode when you hear some of the conclusions
2:20.1	these investigators reach.
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