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Morning Cup of Murder

A 30 Year Cold Case - August 31 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

August 31st: Priscilla Strole Killed (1983) Solving a cold case doesn’t always deliver the answers the family of the victim deserves. On August 31st 1983 a woman was killed inside of her home and found by her young son, in a case that remained cold for 30 years. A case that, when the killer was finally found, ended with more questions than answers.  https://www.kcra.com/article/cops-30-year-old-fairfield-cold-case-solved-after-suspect-hangs-himself/6411948, https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/suspect-in-1983-fairfield-murder-commits-suicide-after-dna-test/, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/priscilla-strole-murder-solved_n_4912550, https://fox40.com/news/wife-of-fairfield-cold-case-killer-speaks/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-cold-case-solved-after-suspect-commits-suicide/, https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Fairfield-s-1983-cold-case-solved-killer-5289610.php, https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/03/05/cold-case-solved-fairfield-womans-murder-was-mystery-for-30-years/, https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/30-years-later-detectives-solve-rape-murder-of-fairfield-woman/277654309, https://local.nixle.com/alert/5158283/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.9

A cop of murder.

0:14.6

Solving a cold case doesn't always deliver the answers the family of the victim deserves.

0:20.7

On August 31st, 1983, a woman was killed inside of her home,

0:25.6

and found by her young son in a case that remained cold for 30 years,

0:31.0

a case that, when the killer was finally found,

0:34.5

ended with more questions than answers.

0:38.4

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:44.0

cup of murder.

0:49.6

On August 31st, 1983, 15-year-old Kyle Strachner left his home in Fairfield, California, to go hang out with a friend of his.

0:59.5

His mother, 40-year-old Priscilla Stroll, said her goodbyes and remained home alone.

1:05.3

When Kyle returned around 9.45 p.m., 15 minutes before his curfew, he knocked on the door to be let inside and received no answer.

1:15.6

Wondering where his mother was, Kyle peeked into the window and there, lying on the living room floor, was his mother's naked body.

1:25.0

Worried that she may have fallen down or gotten sick, Kyle climbed through a window and rushed

1:30.6

to his mother's side.

1:32.4

It was then that he saw the brutal beating that she had suffered and that she was no longer

1:37.6

breathing.

1:38.7

He ran to a neighbor's home to call police.

1:42.3

Upon their arrival, police would later describe what they saw as a, quote, very gruesome

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