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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 69 - Jacqueline Levitz

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

November 18, 1995. Vicksburg, Mississippi. 62-year old Jacqueline Levitz, the wealthy widowed heiress to a furniture empire, vanishes from her home. Two days later, blood stains and evidence of a violent struggle are discovered inside her bedroom, creating the impression that Jacqueline met with foul play. Over the years, numerous suspects would be investigated, including members of Jacqueline’s family, her recently deceased husband’s family, workmen from a construction crew remodelling her home, and a mother-and-son con artist duo who would be convicted of the murder of another wealthy missing woman years later. However, no has ever been linked to Jacqueline Levitz’s unsolved disappearance, so this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” will explore all the different theories of what might have happened. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/mary-jacqueline-levitz http://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/11/ctv.levitz/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/12/10/an-armchair-mystery/650e8d04-b468-4605-837a-b07be2a18d59/?utm_term=.93bb29a2b1e2 http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-02/news/mn-9493_1_levitz-furniture “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing on podcast row at CrimeCon 2018 from May 4th-6th at the Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville. Listeners can receive a 10% discount on their ticket purchase by using the code “TTWC”. “The Trail Went Cold” is now on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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November 18th, 1995.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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62 year old Jacqueline Levitz, the wealthy widowed heiress to a furniture empire vanishes from her home. Her bedroom contains

0:15.3

blood stains and signs of a violent struggle, making it likely that Jacqueline met with foul play.

0:22.0

Numerous suspects would be investigated, including

0:25.0

Jacqueline's son, her recently deceased husband's family, and a mother and son

0:29.9

Con artist duo who would be convicted of the murder of another wealthy missing woman years later.

0:35.2

However, no evidence connects anyone to the crime and Jacqueline Levitz is never found.

0:41.8

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

1:05.0

uh, and uh, and uh,

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uh,

1:08.0

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

1:26.0

I'm your host Robin Warder and today we will be covering another missing person's case,

1:31.0

the 1995 disappearance of Jacqueline Levitz.

1:35.6

As you probably know, we released our 100th episode last week, which covered the infamous

1:40.8

unsolved disappearance of Millionaire Canadian Theater tycoon Ambrose Small, whose wife Teresa, inherited his estate, and was considered a potential suspect.

1:51.0

So this week, I'm going to cover a similar story from the modern era

1:54.6

only this time it's about a woman who inherited a sizable fortune from her husband

1:59.2

after he passed away and then went missing several months later. The case was originally suggested to me sometime last year by a listener named Tally,

2:08.0

and this seemed like an appropriate time to cover it, so thank you very much for the suggestion, T On the surface it seems like a case which should be solvable.

2:16.8

A wealthy woman moves into a new town after inheriting her husband's estate and within weeks

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she vanishes from her home and there's a lot of physical evidence

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