UNSOLVED: The Senator's Daughter 2
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of Valerie Percy’s brutal murder, investigators were flooded with leads, some credible, some bizarre, and others disturbingly convincing. In this episode, we unpack the jailhouse confessions, high-profile suspects, and overlooked evidence that shaped this baffling cold case. Nearly 60 years later, her killer still hasn’t been named, but the case is far from closed.
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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 |
| 0:32.2 | crimehouse original powered by Pave Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or find them on YouTube at Crimehouse Studios. |
| 0:41.0 | New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House. |
| 1:00.1 | When a murder investigation runs cold, it's usually because there isn't enough information available. |
| 1:08.3 | But sometimes detectives are faced with the opposite problem. Too many leads, too many |
| 1:14.7 | suspects, even too many confessions. That's exactly what happened in the case of Valerie Percy. |
| 1:23.8 | In 1966, 21-year-old Valerie was brutally attacked in her family's Illinois home. |
| 1:30.7 | Her murder made waves across the country as the public asked, why her? |
| 1:36.3 | Was this a random killing? |
| 1:38.4 | Or was Valerie targeted because her father was a well-known politician? |
| 1:43.8 | In the years that followed, a stream of people came forward claiming to know the answer. |
| 1:49.8 | Some even said they were responsible for detectives working the case. |
| 1:55.3 | This was a blessing and a curse. |
| 1:57.6 | Because now came the hard part. |
| 2:00.5 | They had to decide who was telling the truth and who was |
| 2:05.0 | playing a twisted game. |
| 2:15.7 | People's lives are like a story. |
| 2:17.8 | There's a beginning, a middle, and an end. |
| 2:21.3 | But you don't always know which part you're on. |
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