"This isn't something that happens in their backyard"

The Daily Crime

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True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On January 27th, 2002, three people were shot to death in a bowling alley in Littleton, Colo. Police recently announced they are reviewing the case and using new technology to retest evidence. KUSA producer Janet Oravetz shares the story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, this case will be solved.
0:04.3	Aaron, Jim, and Bobby deserve justice.
0:09.2	Their friends, their family, this community deserves justice, and they will get it.
0:14.5	For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.
0:17.1	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:33.2	Sunday, January 27, 2002.
0:42.3	It's just before midnight, as Aaron Gola and James Springer, closing employees at a bowling alley in Littleton, Colorado, get ready to lock up.
0:53.8	There's only one other person inside, Bobby Zayatz, who is bowling as he waits for Springer to finish up and give him a ride home, until somebody else comes in with a gun.
1:02.0	Tragically, James, Aaron, and Robert were confronted by a perpetrator and subsequently shot to death.
1:08.1	The shooter would get away, leaving three families and an entire community without answers.
1:11.6	But he may have left something behind. And now, 19 years later, investigators are hopeful that it may lead them to an arrest.
1:16.6	Littleton police relieved that they are actively looking into the case now, reviewing and retesting evidence.
1:21.6	They're using new technology.
1:23.6	This community, especially the families of James, Aaron, and Robert deserve answers.
1:35.0	Joining me is Janet Orowitz with nine news in Denver, Colorado. And Janet, before we get into
1:40.3	the recent news about this case, take us back to where it all began. What happened on the
1:45.2	night of January 27, 2002, at this bowling alley in Littleton, Colorado? Sure. So this was AMF Bowling
1:52.9	on South Broadway in Littleton. And it was a Sunday night just before or just after closing time,
1:58.1	11 o'clock at night. And there were two employees there.
2:02.6	Aaron Gola was one and James Springer was the other. And they had just finished the night.
2:09.0	They were finishing up the closing operations. And there was one other person there, Bobby Zayak.
2:14.0	He was, he worked at another bowling alley, but he was there that night bowling.
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