Egypt Covington
4/30/202653 min
Egypt Covington was an aspiring singer who was murdered inside her home in Bellevue, Michigan. Initially, investigators looked into the people closest to Egypt. After the Michigan State Police took over the case, they discovered something astonishing about Egypt's killers.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Egypt Covington. Not one single person had an unkind word to say about Egypt. She didn't have a single enemy. So why was she killed? When police pieced together the evidence in this case, it turned out that Egypt's killers mistook her apartment for another, which led to her death.
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First 90 secondsMike Ferguson· Host0:00
Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 493 of the True Crime All the Time podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson, and with me, as always, is my partner in true crime, Mike Gibson. Gibby, how are you?
Mike Gibson· Host0:10
Hey, I'm doing okay. How about you?
Mike Ferguson· Host0:11
I'm doing great, man.
Mike Gibson· Host0:12
Yeah?
Mike Ferguson· Host0:12
I am excited to get into another episode.
Mike Gibson· Host0:16
Well, me too.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:18
All right, let's do it. We're talking about Egypt Covington. Egypt Covington was an aspiring singer who was murdered inside her home in Bellevue, Michigan. Now, initially, investigators looked into the people closest to Egypt, as they, as they always do.
Mike Gibson· Host0:34
Sure.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:34
We know that. But after the Michigan State Police took over the case, they discovered that the killers targeted her by mistake.
Mike Gibson· Host0:42
Ah.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:43
Whew, we're gonna get into it.
Mike Gibson· Host0:45
Yeah.
Mike Ferguson· Host0:45
Egypt Covington was born on July 19th, 1989, in Detroit. She grew up in Belleville, Michigan. She enjoyed practicing yoga, playing golf, and bow hunting.
Mike Gibson· Host0:58
Really?
Mike Ferguson· Host0:59
But the thing she loved the most was singing. She dreamed of having a, a career in the music industry.
Mike Gibson· Host1:05
You know, I, I enjoy singing and yoga at the same time. [laughs] I can do that, you know, like, like ... I don't wanna show off. I can do that one yoga.
Mike Ferguson· Host1:11
I don't know what that is.
Mike Gibson· Host1:13
[laughs] It's, it's- Are, are you sure you're not mixing up yoga with the Kama Sutra? Uh ...
Mike Ferguson· Host1:18
[laughs] Just wanna make sure. That was, like, some- Uh ... weird, uh- I think you do the Kama Sutra with others, or other. [laughs] I think you d- you can do yoga with others as well. I don't know. But Egypt