The Path Went Chilly Robin Jules Ashley TPWC

December 19, 1959. Osprey, Florida. After spending the day running errands and visiting a family friend, 25-year old Cliff Walker, his 24-year old wife Christine, and their two children, three-year old Jimmie and 23-month old Debbie, head back to their rural home in separate vehicles. The following morning, the family’s bodies are discovered inside their house. They were each shot in the head before Debbie was drowned in the bathtub and Christine has also been sexually assaulted. Over the next several decades, investigators would look at a number of different suspects, but two of the most promising turn out to be Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who were responsible for the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas one month earlier, a crime which became the subject of the iconic book, “In Cold Blood”. However, DNA testing on the deceased killers turns out to be inconclusive and there is no evidence to conclusively implicate anyone. This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” covers the harrowing murders of an entire family which have remained unsolved for 65 years. 

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Additional Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_family_murders“In Colder Blood” by J.T. Hunter

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20051218/unsolvedhttp://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20051219/the-suspects-a-litany-of-names-and-clues

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20051220/a-last-hope-dna-could-crack-the-case

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20121209/what-if-in-cold-blood-got-it-wrong-about-walker-murders

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20121209/what-in-cold-blood-saidhttp://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20130813/no-dna-link-between-walker-murders-in-cold-blood-killers

May 14, 1991. Vidor, Texas. 34-year old Kathy Page is found dead inside her car after an apparent crash into a drainage ditch just over 100 yards from her residence. While the scene resembles an accident, the evidence shows that Kathy was actually strangled to death before the crash was staged. Since Kathy’s marriage to her estranged husband, Steve Page, was falling apart and there were a number of suspicious actions on his part, Kathy’s family believe that Steve was responsible for her death. Out of frustration, they put up a series of billboards accusing Steve of murder and the local authorities of orchestrating a cover-up, but no charges are ever filed. Was Kathy Page killed by her husband? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a controversial cold case which was the inspiration for the critically acclaimed film, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.If you have any information about this case, please contact the Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas tip line at (409) 833-TIPS (8477).

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/kathy-page/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Kathy_Pagehttp://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1406707.html

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Vidor-father-seeks-justice-20-years-after-1377056.php

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Latest-billboard-in-Kathy-Page-slaying-may-cause-4088141.php

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/unsolved-vidor-murder-case-put-in-spotlight-with-oscar-nominated-movie/502-523896646https://people.com/crime/real-life-three-billboards-inspired-texas-murder-case/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Victim-s-daughter-hopes-for-breakthrough-in-13476118.php

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Reward-for-Page-s-killer-raised-to-record-amount-16222583.phphttp://texasbillboard.blogspot.com

May 14, 1991. Vidor, Texas. 34-year old Kathy Page is found dead inside her car after an apparent crash into a drainage ditch just over 100 yards from her residence. While the scene resembles an accident, the evidence shows that Kathy was actually strangled to death before the crash was staged. Since Kathy’s marriage to her estranged husband, Steve Page, was falling apart and there were a number of suspicious actions on his part, Kathy’s family believe that Steve was responsible for her death. Out of frustration, they put up a series of billboards accusing Steve of murder and the local authorities of orchestrating a cover-up, but no charges are ever filed. Was Kathy Page killed by her husband? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a controversial cold case which was the inspiration for the critically acclaimed film, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.If you have any information about this case, please contact the Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas tip line at (409) 833-TIPS (8477).

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/kathy-page/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Kathy_Pagehttp://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1406707.html

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Vidor-father-seeks-justice-20-years-after-1377056.php

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Latest-billboard-in-Kathy-Page-slaying-may-cause-4088141.php

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/unsolved-vidor-murder-case-put-in-spotlight-with-oscar-nominated-movie/502-523896646https://people.com/crime/real-life-three-billboards-inspired-texas-murder-case/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Victim-s-daughter-hopes-for-breakthrough-in-13476118.php

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Reward-for-Page-s-killer-raised-to-record-amount-16222583.phphttp://texasbillboard.blogspot.com

If you want to check out what our respective Patreon pages have in store for you, here is a bonus episode on the disappearance of Maureen Fields that we released months ago on Patreon:)

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February 14, 2006. Pahrump, Nevada. While working her shift at a bank, 41-year old Maureen Fields expresses concern that something is going to happen to her. The following day, Maureen fails to show up for work and her husband, Paul Fields, claims he last saw her when she left the house that morning. Maureen’s abandoned car is discovered in the desert, but she is nowhere to be found and her husband immediately comes under suspicion. Years later, DNA evidence from the scene is matched to a convicted sex offender named Keith Wayne Holmes, but since he is suffering from dementia, Holmes is unable to provide answers about what happened before he passes away.

 Additional Reading:

http://charleyproject.org/case/maureen-erin-fields

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/the_lady_vanishes_nj_natives_cold_case_lead_ends_in_death_valley.html

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/father-of-missing-woman-still-has-questions/

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Jodi-Serrin-Murder-Case-Valentines-Day-139215154.htmlhttp://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-carlsbad-police-seek-clues-in-valentines-day-2011feb13-story.html

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-work-continues-to-id-jodine-serrin-killer-2015feb13-story.html

The conclusion of our discussion on the disappearance of Mary Jane Vangilder. 

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Join Robin and I as they shake up the format, so our pregnant Ashley can have a week off. This week we talk about a solved case that has so many twists, turns and has a beloved mother last seen in Shelby, Ohio in 1945....why did Mary Jane disappear? and who is Prebble Penny and how does she (?) tie into this story?

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