314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent and former BAU profiler Julia Cowley reviews the murder investigation of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and her 11-year-old friend Skyla Whitaker on the rural dirt road near one of their homes in Weleetka, Oklahoma and the detailed BAU analysis Julia conducted to provide insights for investigators about the unknown subject who shot and killed the girls. Julia served nearly 22 years in the FBI.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 314 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.0	I'm a Retired Agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books,
0:18.7	my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:22.4	Today we get to speak to once again
0:25.0	retired agent Julia Cowley
0:28.0	who served in the FBI for 22 years.
0:31.0	In this episode she she reviews the murder investigation of 13-year-old
0:37.2	Tyler Pasco Placker and her 11-year-old friend Skyler Whitaker. Their bodies were discovered on a rural dirt road in Waleka, Oklahoma. Julia prepared the detail
0:49.7	B. A.U. Analysis conducted to provide insight for investigators about the unknown subject who had
0:57.6	shot and killed the girls.
0:59.7	The investigators eventually identified the offender responsible for the murders and he is now serving life in prison.
1:07.0	After joining the FBI, Julia's first assignment was to the Boston Division, where she investigated white-collar crime,
1:15.6	public corruption, and civil rights matters. Julia was then selected to join the FBI's
1:21.2	elite behavioral analysis unit, B. A. U. and Quantico, Virginia.
1:26.2	Julia's time in the B. A. U. was followed by her selection to the FBI Laboratory Evidence Response Team Unit.
1:35.0	She later returned to the Boston Division
1:37.5	Springfield resident agency, where until her retirement,
1:41.3	she oversaw all federal criminal investigations in Western Massachusetts,
1:46.4	including public corruption, civil rights, white-collar crime, organized crime, gangs, and crimes against children.
1:53.6	Julia is the host of the consult,
1:57.0	a true crime podcast where she and former
2:00.0	B. A. You colleagues examined behaviors exhibited before, during, and after the
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