UNSOLVED: The Senator's Daughter 1
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Just weeks before Election Day, U.S. Senate candidate Charles Percy’s daughter was murdered in her sleep. In this episode, we investigate the brutal 1966 killing of 21-year-old Valerie Percy, a shocking case that rocked the affluent suburb of Kenilworth, Illinois. As detectives search for answers, the mystery only deepens: Why Valerie? And how did the killer vanish without a trace?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Carter Roy here. |
| 0:04.4 | If you're loving murder, true crime stories, you need to check out Crimes of, the newest show from Crime House. |
| 0:11.7 | Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, from crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Their first season is |
| 0:23.3 | Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a |
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| 0:41.0 | New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House. |
| 1:01.3 | We'd like to think there are places where bad things don't happen, |
| 1:06.7 | where you don't have to lock your doors at night, knowing you and your family are safe. |
| 1:12.6 | For decades, the city of Kenilworth, Illinois was just like that. |
| 1:18.4 | The crime rate was basically non-existent. |
| 1:21.9 | There had never even been a murder there. |
| 1:25.6 | That is, until the fall of 1966. |
| 1:29.3 | On the night of September 17th, someone broke into the home of senatorial candidate Charles |
| 1:36.3 | Percy, but they weren't there for him. |
| 1:40.3 | They walked straight into the bedroom of his 21-year-old daughter, Valerie, and nothing |
| 1:47.4 | was ever the same again. |
| 1:58.4 | People's lives are like a story. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end, but you don't always know which part you're on. |
| 2:06.0 | Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, and we don't always get to know the real ending. |
| 2:12.7 | I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder, True Crime Stories, a Crime House original powered by Pave Studios that comes |
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