The Trail Went Cold – Episode 338 – Jay Given

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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May 15, 1981. East Chicago, Indiana. Jay Given, a 51-year old attorney and political operative, attends a political fundraiser at the local Elks Club, but is fatally shot through the back of the head while exiting through the building’s front doors. While a shell casing and a slug are collected from the crime scene and […]

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0:17.1	Bay 15, 1981.
0:21.0	East Chicago, Indiana.
0:23.5	J. Given, a 51-year-old attorney and political operative attends a political fundraiser at
0:28.7	the local Elk's Club, but is fatally shot through the back of the head while exiting
0:32.9	through the front doors.
0:35.0	While a shell casing and a slug are collected from the crime scene and placed in an evidence
0:38.9	store at the police station, it is later discovered to have been tampered with.
0:43.9	The investigation turns towards the town's deputy police chief John Cardona, who attended
0:48.6	the fundraiser and had motive to kill Jay, but the authorities now believe the evidence
0:52.9	is strong enough to file charges, so Jay's murder is never solved.
0:57.5	After that, the trail went cold.
1:27.5	Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:40.3	I'm your host Robin Warder, and today we're going to be exploring a cold case involving
1:44.9	corruption and political intrigue, the 1981 murder of Jay Given.
1:50.7	This story was once featured on Unsaw Mysteries, and I consider it to be one of the more
1:54.8	underrated cases from the show since it has never got a lot of discussion online.
2:00.2	But it's certainly an unusual crime, because it involves a man being shot to death in
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