Sneak Peek: Golden Years Gone
3/23/20262 min
A rural Alberta community was shocked when a beloved senior was found beaten to death in his own home. Despite exhaustive efforts by investigators, the murderer eluded arrest.
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First 90 secondsNancy Hixt· Host0:00
Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Crime Beat early and ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. [gentle music] In the early 2000s, a convicted double murderer went AWOL, gone without a trace.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:21
Did he walk out the front gate or, or did he climb a fence? We, we don't really know.
Nancy Hixt· Host0:26
The incident made international headlines, and a manhunt ensued. Desperate for answers in the days following the disappearance, officials from the Alberta prison even made an appeal on the popular TV show America's Most Wanted, but there was no sign of the missing inmate, sparking fear not only in the general public, but in those who had already suffered loss at his hands.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:53
There was a lot of restless nights.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:56
Well, he did apparently have a hit list that he left in his jail cell. The prosecutor was on it. I, I was on it. It was quite a lengthy list of people that he was gonna get rid of.
Nancy Hixt· Host1:10
For law enforcement who had put the killer behind bars in the first place, it was further evidence of how clever and dangerous he was.
Speaker 4· Soundbite1:21
He's playing games with us, so you know, uh, that's the kind of a bad guy he is.