The Trail Went Cold - Episode 310 - Update, Part 3

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured nearly 400 cold cases and unsolved mysteries on the podcast. Since a number of these cases have wound up being solved or experiencing major developments, we have been able to release three special “update” episodes over the past three years. On this particular episode, we’ll be discussing a number of recent trials, including Steve Pankey’s second trial for the murder of Jonelle Matthews, and Bill MacDowell’s trial for the murders of Renee and Andrew MacRae. Other updates we’ll be discussing include the identification of the Jane Doe formerly known as “The Lady of the Dunes” and a surprise resolution in the disappearance of Robert Hoagland. These are just some of the cases that will be explored in our third special “update” episode of “The Trail Went Cold’. Additional Reading: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/10/31/jonelle-matthews-case-pankey-guilty-of-kidnapping-felony-murder/69606715007/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-lee-phillips-life-prison-dna-1982-killings-annette-schnee-bobbie-jo-oberholtzer-colorado/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/29/renee-andrew-macrae-murder-inverness-1976-william-macdowell-guilty https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/former-boyfriend-bethany-decker-pleads-guilty-second-degree-murder/65-6928ab43-0296-4db3-aa44-405c58d97994 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/11/18/some-evidence-in-floyd-galloway-murder-trial-violates-attorney-client-privilege/69661456007/ https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/08/tracy-krohs-disappearance-33-years-of-false-leads-dead-ends-and-1-mysterious-old-man.html https://closingthecase.com/solved-el-dorado-jane-doe https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/el-dorado-jane-doe-identified-31-years-later/91-4d6d3495-0261-4e21-90b9-653e93023bb5 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/provincetown-body-lady-of-the-dunes.html https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/crime/2022/11/03/lady-of-the-dunes-suspect-guy-rockwell-muldavins-california-ties-victim-husband-salinas-cold-case/8260790001/ https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article258176483.html https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Robert-Hoagland-Richard-King-missing-man-death-17657828.php https://www.newson6.com/story/6272fc3ae82b9f78434b2d14/killer-identified-in-1977-girl-scout-murders https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2022/10/27/death-row-inmate-tommy-zeigler-edges-closer-long-sought-dna-testing/ “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 doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. 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	Oh, The Happy New Year
0:35.0	Year everyone and welcome to our first Trail Went Cold episode of 2023.
0:40.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and if you grew up watching Unsaw Mysteries you'll probably recognize that music we just played as it always proceeded the sound of Robert Stack's voice uttering the immortal word update.
0:52.0	Yes, it is now time for the Trail went cold's third official update episode in which
0:56.8	we'll be discussing cases that we once featured on this podcast and have either been solved
1:01.5	or had some major developments this year.
1:03.4	And believe me, when I started the trail went cold nearly seven years ago,
1:07.4	I never envisioned that we would someday have enough material to produce an
1:11.1	entire trilogy of update episodes, but we are living in a pretty amazing era for true crime when it comes to solving cold cases.
1:19.0	Our podcast released our first special update episode at the start of 2020, which was episode number 155,
1:26.0	and our second update episode, which was episode number 257,
1:30.0	came out at the end of last year.
1:32.0	For the first nine months of 2022,
1:34.6	I did not plan on releasing a new update episode this year
1:37.9	since I didn't believe there was enough new material to discuss.
1:41.4	But once Autumn rolled around, the floodgate seemed open and the past few months have seen some pretty surprising developments.
1:48.0	2,22 has been a huge year for true crime overall, with major developments in a number of high profile cases.
1:56.0	We've seen the arrest of a suspect in the Delphi murders. Andon Saiet having his conviction
2:01.0	overturned for the murder of Hayman Lee and getting released from prison.
2:04.8	Paul Flores finally going on trial and being convicted of the murder of Kristen Smart.
2:09.2	And we've also seen two of the most famous unidentified decedents of all time, the Somerton man and the boy in the box,
2:15.7	finally get their names back. However, as huge as this year was, this particular episode will be focusing
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