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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Minisode 6 - Eva Kay Wenal

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

May 1, 2008. Lawrenceville, Georgia. Millionaire real estate developer Hal Wenal returns home to discover that his 60-year old wife, Eva Kay Wenal, has been murdered. The only lead is an eyewitness sighting of a suspicious man in the neighbourhood around the time of Kay’s death. A newspaper soon receives an angry anonymous letter from someone who confesses to killing Kay because she wouldn’t leave her husband. When Hal passes away two years later, his family goes through his belongings and finds photographs of a man who bears a striking resemblance to the murder suspect. However, no one associated with the Wenals has any idea who this guy is. This week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold” explores the unsolved murder of Eva Kay Wenal, who may have unknowingly had her killer’s photo stashed away in her home. If you think you recognize the man in this composite sketch or any of these photographs, please contact the Gwinnett County Police tip line at (770) 513-5480. Additional Reading: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/24/millionaire-model-murder-mystery/26298715/ http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/years-later-clues-emerge-questions-remain-in-slaying-of-millionaire/article_bf4b49b5-bbd1-5297-9351-2c79da0740aa.html The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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May 1st, 2008, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

0:05.0

60 year old Eva K Wenel is found murdered inside her home.

0:09.0

A witness provides a description of a suspicious man seen in the neighborhood around that time period.

0:15.0

A newspaper soon receives an angry anonymous letter from someone who confesses to killing Kay because she wouldn't leave her husband.

0:22.0

Two years later, after Kay's husband passes away,

0:26.0

his family goes through his belongings

0:28.0

and finds photographs of a man resembling the suspect in Kay's murder.

0:32.0

However, no one associated with the Wenels has any idea who

0:36.6

this guy is. After that, the trail went cold. Hello everyone and welcome to the latest minisode of the trail went cold.

1:06.0

I'm your host Robin Warder and today I am going to be looking at a mystery which has taken place within the last decade.

1:12.0

As you've probably noticed, the majority of the which has taken place within the last decade.

1:12.9

As you've probably noticed, the majority of the cold cases I've covered on this podcast

1:17.1

are a couple decades old, and the most recent of these cases took place in 2003. There's no particular reason for this. It's just kind of the way things

1:26.3

have happened. But I figured I should finally do a mystery from more recent years since there's

1:31.2

a better chance of it being solved.

1:33.8

So on this minisode, I will be covering the 2008 murder of a woman named Eva K Wenel.

1:40.5

A few weeks ago, I co-wrote a two-part Halloween-themed article at crack.com titled

1:46.2

The 11 creepiest Unsolved Crimes No One Can Explain. This particular case was actually part of my original pitch to crack but it didn't make the final cut and wound up on the cutting room floor before the article was published

1:59.5

But it's a pretty fascinating mystery so I figured I would give it some exposure here But before we get started, just a brief reminder that the trail went cold is a weekly

2:08.6

podcast which alternates between our regular full-length episodes and to 20 minute minisodes like this one,

2:15.9

which cover smaller scale cold cases that don't have as much material to explore.

2:20.7

We deliver a new full length episode episode or new mini-sewed every Wednesday.

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