The Trail Went Cold - Episode 400 - Dorothea Irwin

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

September 12, 1983. Wyoming, Ohio. 59-year old Dorothea Irwin is found stabbed to death inside her residence. Since she was in the midst of selling the house and said she was meeting an interested buyer, it is theorized that this person murdered her as part of an elaborate set-up. Suspicion turns towards Dorothea’s son, John “Jay” Irwin, who had previously spent time in prison for fraud and encouraged his mother to put her home up for sale. Jay eventually commits some additional fraud schemes and becomes a wanted fugitive until he is captured in 1991, but no conclusive evidence links him or anyone else to Dorothea’s murder. Who was responsible for killing Dorothea Irwin and what could their motive have been? We shall attempt to answer that question on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dorothea_Irwin https://www.newspapers.com/image/103324432/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/103324378/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/103324343/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/764445101/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/103324688/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/103324693/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/103325205/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/101855002/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/101855023/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/764780734/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/164897155/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/101239293/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/101040575/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/763917774/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/100898478/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/801358948/ “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” will be appearing at the Berkshire Podcast Festival, taking place in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 18-20, 2024. To get a 30 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD2024”, by visiting https://www.berkshirepodcastfestival.com/. 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	September 12th, 1983.
0:03.5	Wyoming, Ohio.
0:06.2	59-year-old Dorothea-Eerwin is found stabbed to death inside a residence, and since she
0:10.9	had mentioned meeting a man who was interested in buying the house,
0:14.0	it's theorized that this person murdered her in some sort of setup.
0:18.0	Suspicion turns towards Dorothy's son, John J. Erwin,
0:22.0	who previously spent time in prison for fraud, and it encouraged his
0:25.4	mother to put her home up for sale. Jay eventually commits some more fraud schemes and becomes
0:30.6	a wanted fugitive until he is captured in 1991,
0:34.0	but no evidence links him or anyone else to Dorothy's murder.
0:38.0	After that, the trail went cold. when called. Oh, uh, uh, uh,
0:55.0	uh, and uh, and uh, uh, and uh,
0:58.0	uh, and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, care.
1:07.0	Oh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail went cold.
1:21.4	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be exploring a cold
1:25.4	case which was featured on Unsaw Mysteries, the 1983 murder of Dorothea Irwin.
1:30.8	Unfortunately this is one of those dreaded Unsaw Mystery segments which is currently not
1:36.2	available for viewing on the show's official Filmrise channel on Amazon Prime or YouTube. In fact,
1:42.1	the victim was not even the primary focus of the original segment,
1:45.8	as the authorities were hoping to capture Dorothea's fugitive son, John James Irwin,
1:50.8	nicknamed Jay. However, he was not actually wanted for killing his mother,
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