Episode Details

In September 2017, deputies stopped a Cadillac SUV five minutes from a lake house in southwest Virginia and arrested a 54-year-old woman her neighbors knew as Debbie.

Twenty-seven years earlier, she was Sheila Keen, the prime suspect in the murder of Marlene Warren.

Who was Sheila before 1990? How did she end up married, living in Virginia and running a burger/everything you can think of/plus ice cream drive-thru in Tennessee? Named the Purple Cow. Anyone else remember "Purple Cow" milkshakes, circa 1990s?

Now, what actually brought this case back to life after decades? Remember we said all they needed was "a little bit"? Well, that's honestly all they found. A little bit. Tiny. Was it even enough?

The fight that follows is long, drawn out, and full of prosecutorial missteps. The defense called the evidence contaminated (we agree!) and the witnesses, well their accounts don't really match what was recorded. There is a prosecution running out of time, I mean, it happens after 27 years. 

After you listen, tell us, was justice done?

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