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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 327 - Lucia Kai Roberts

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

August 15, 1982. Boston, Massachusetts. The body of 16-year old Lucia Kai Roberts is found in Franklin Park and her cause of death is ruled to be strangulation. Over one year later, allegations emerge about a black girl who was sexually assaulted by multiple police officers at a private club and since this incident supposedly took place six weeks before Lucia was killed, there is speculation that she was the victim of the assault. The Boston Police Department is accused of being complicit in Lucia’s murder and orchestrating a major cover-up, but multiple investigations fail to generate any conclusive evidence to support this theory. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore one of the controversial unsolved murders in the history of Boston. Additional Reading: https://www.newspapers.com/image/444291924/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/444291953/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/438805326/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/440679800/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/440679818/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/440256522/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/440256581/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/437505989/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/428536151/ Boston TV News Digital Library – Segments on the “Silver Shield Rape” https://www.necn.com/news/local/roberts_-1982-murder-remains-unsolved_necn/72223/ https://deafinprison.com/2012/09/02/my-misspent-youth-a-memoir/ “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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Tower Bridge, Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on June 10-11, 2023, as well as “Crimecon” at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida on September 22-24, 2023. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD23”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk or https://www.crimecon.com. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas on August 25-27, 2023. To get a 15 % discount on the purchase of tickets, please our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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August 15th.

0:02.0

1982.

0:03.7

Boston, Massachusetts.

0:06.3

The body of 16-year-old Lucia Kai Roberts is found in Franklin Park and a cause of death

0:11.4

is ruled to be strangulation.

0:13.0

Over one year later, allegations emerge about a black girl who was sexually assaulted by multiple police officers at a private club,

0:21.0

and since this incident supposedly took place six weeks before Lucia was killed,

0:25.7

there is speculation that she was the victim.

0:28.7

Even though the Boston Police Department is accused of orchestrating a major cover-up,

0:32.8

multiple investigations fail to turn up any evidence to support this theory,

0:37.2

and Lush's murder is never solved.

0:39.6

After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, well, uh, uh, uh,

0:54.0

uh,

0:55.0

uh, uh, uh,

0:57.0

uh, uh,

0:58.0

uh, uh, and uh, and uh,

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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

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uh, uh, uh,

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uh,

1:08.0

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

1:23.3

I'm your host Robin Warder, and we've got a pretty disturbing and

1:26.8

controversial case to cover this week, the 1992 murder of Lucia Pye Roberts.

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